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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Nov 3	revised	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? Fiddling with the tagging a bit. This is a translation question.
Nov 3	comment	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? Excellent analysis! It's fascinating to me that the word for pitch in Hebrew also means a bribe. I wonder what the etymology of that could be?
Nov 3	answered	Did Jephthah have pets?
Nov 3	answered	What is meant in the NT by the “laying on of hands”?
Nov 3	revised	Does Genesis say where evil came from? Added a colon. I know we aren't supposed to make edits that minor, but I got stuck reading that line several times.
Nov 3	comment	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? See also: Translation philosophy for tachash skins in Exodus?.
Nov 3	comment	Are the 'ten virgins' told in Jesus' parable multiple brides or just general wedding party? Let's see: Samuel's father and the variety of legal decisions about multiple wives. It's also interesting that the ban on polygamy is so recent (1000 C.E.). But avi's comment on the second helps even more! If we could hunt down his source, I think it would be very strong evidence here.
Nov 3	comment	Does Genesis say where evil came from? I asked the next step of the question about the Adversary in Job.
Nov 3	asked	What is the relationship between the “Adversary” in Job and the serpent in Genesis?
Nov 3	comment	How did Biblical translators decide on cypress for the type of wood in Noah's ark? @GalacticCowboy: Do you have references in the work itself? It sounds like referencing Strong's and a Hebrew copy of the text would be a good start toward backing up the argument you sketched out here.
Nov 3	comment	Does Genesis say where evil came from? This is helpful. Out of curiosity, how do you sort through these interpretations? I have preconceived notions about the "right answer", so my gut rejects some and agrees with others. I don't think that's the best approach. ;-)
Nov 2	answered	What is “Midrash” and how does it relate to Christian principles of hermeneutics?
Nov 2	comment	Are the 'ten virgins' told in Jesus' parable multiple brides or just general wedding party? The first has a really helpful answer that threatens to change my understanding of polygamy, if not the parable. The second is too young yet to know.
Nov 2	comment	Are the 'ten virgins' told in Jesus' parable multiple brides or just general wedding party? The biggest problem I have with the multiple bride theory is that I can't imagine a wedding with 10 brides in any culture. (I'm sure someone will suggest a culture, but that won't change my ability to imagine it. ;-) I see now that your suggestion is that the man might pick just one of the virgins at the last minute. So my comment missed the mark there. (By the way, it might be good to link to the other questions assuming they are getting answers.)