Jon Ericson

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My day-to-day work is with a combination of C, ksh and PL/SQL. I enjoy asking and answering questions that come up at work. I also dabble in Perl, lua and LaTeX. My boss has asked me to learn Python as well.

I'm married, with three children: a son and a set of mixed-gender twins.

My favorite living philosopher is Alvin Plantinga and my favorite dead philosopher is Blaise Pascal. I think Paul of Tarsus is too little credited as a force in Western philosophy. If you think I'm a Christian, you're right.

Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 Corinthians 1:20-25 (ESV)

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1d	comment	Why does Jesus tell his mother his “hour has not yet come”? Hi Kate and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics! This is a very helpful answer--especially after your edit. I'll have to think about it, but this is a plausible (likely even) explanation. Thank you.
1d	revised	Why does Jesus tell his mother his “hour has not yet come”? Format. Feel free to re-edit if I screwed anything up.
1d	reviewed	Reviewed Is there a modern English translation of the Bible that uses the second-person plural pronoun?
1d	comment	Is there a modern English translation of the Bible that uses the second-person plural pronoun? Wow! That's awesome. I'm giving you a big ol' +1 for your works which is exactly what I was looking for! I'd love to accept and make a big deal your answer... but it's not really a full answer. Maybe you could copy-n-paste the details text you wrote up for the app. But even better would be if you explained how you managed it. Did you learn something new about the Biblical languages? I'd love to hear more. In any case, a hearty "Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics to you!"
1d	comment	What does it mean that the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist? I'm protecting this question because I think it's a difficult one to answer for people who aren't familiar with the sort of answers we are looking for. New users might want to spend some time answering other questions first to build up the minimal reputation needed to post an answer to this question.
1d	answered	What does it mean that the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist?
2d	comment	Why does the Hebrew word “chesed” in Psalm 136 have two meanings? Hi alvoutila. I'm not sure I understand the question. Every verse in Psalm 136 uses the same refrain that includes חסד. So I don't understand why you are picking out verses 23 and 24. Can you help me understand the question?
2d	revised	Why does the Hebrew word “chesed” in Psalm 136 have two meanings? Retag, retitle and add a quote of the text in question.
2d	comment	Why is the tribe of Dan missing from Revelation 7:5-8? Hi jenkins. It seems like you might have a duplicate account. Registering can help prevent that. (See: the faq and these merge accounts instructions.)
May 22	comment	Origin of the word Theonomos We don't (yet) have a site for Greek questions. If the word doesn't appear in a Biblical text, the question is off-topic.
May 22	comment	The name Samara is Biblical? I agree with @MonicaCellio. It seems likely you could bring it on topic by quoting a text that uses the word in a way in which the meaning might be significant. What passage(s) use the name?
May 21	reviewed	Reviewed What was lacking in Christ's afflictions?
May 21	comment	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel? There's lot's of interesting stuff here. You've given me a ton to think about. (+1) It would be interesting to unpack the final paragraph, which makes a bold claim that many interpreters would likely dispute. But that's a whole 'nother question. Have you considered self-answering your own questions?
May 21	revised	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel? Quote formatting and link.
May 21	comment	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel? One candidate for the desecration is the sacrifice made to the standards of Rome shortly before the temple was put to the torch. But it seems like you got off course since my question was about Acts and not Matthew 24. (I do find the Preterist interpretation compelling, as you might have guessed. ;-) (+1 for the first paragraph, which makes a good connection.)
May 21	revised	What did Jesus mean by “be perfect” in the Sermon on the Mount? Added links and changed the title.
May 21	comment	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel? @brilliant: I have not. Wow! That's a lot of material. I'll take a look.
May 21	comment	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel? I gave this a +1 largely for the first paragraph. But Peter could have ended the quotation before the apocalyptic imagery. Why did he choose to continue the quotation? In particular, it seems like he continued the quote just to get in the "everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Then he shifts back to preaching about the earthly life of Jesus. That seems strange.
May 20	asked	How does Peter fit the events of Acts 2 into the apocalyptic imagery of Joel?
May 17	comment	Are men (brethren) really men or are they human? This seems to be true for a great many languages, including Greek and the Romance languages. An expanded answer might include details about how one might tell if males only are intended and examine the reasoning for translating into English (where the rule does not hold) one way versus another.