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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Oct 31	wiki	created old-testament description
Oct 31	wiki	created old-testament excerpt
Oct 31	comment	Has Pesharim left any mark on modern hermeneutics? Gnosticism in the 1st and 2nd centuries was an ill-defined belief system. (One might argue that by it's very nature Gnosticism can't be precisely pinned down.) Considering that the Gospel of Thomas originated on the other side of the world from where Paul operated and likely well after his death, its unlikely Paul had an opinion on it one way or other.
Oct 31	comment	Who named the wrong priest in Mark 2:26? -1: "Therefore, the solution is that Abiathar was assisting in the temple when David approached Ahimelech." The temple was build by David's son, Solomon. The answer to this question requires precision, not speculation.
Oct 31	comment	Who named the wrong priest in Mark 2:26? I think another possibility is that Jesus misspoke, Mark recorded the words faithfully and Matthew corrected the mistake when he copied it from Mark. If you don't assume Jesus was unable to make mistakes, there's a lot going for this scenario in my opinion.
Oct 31	comment	Does Peter suggest Jesus “descended into hell”? I'm not sold on his exegesis of this passage, but the rest of the article is very impressive. Personally, I think I'll stick to the Nicene Creed which seems to have a better pedigree.
Oct 31	comment	What is the tree of life in Proverbs 11:30? Ah. That does seem more likely (and manageable). I am curious about your footnote, but comments aren't likely the best place to have that discussion.
Oct 31	comment	What is the tree of life in Proverbs 11:30? @msh210: I agree. If possible, it would really help to cite sources. As for the interpretation itself, it's inevitable that Jesus is found in the Tanakh due to the answer's Sensus Plenior perspective. Since the answer is not doctrinally-neutral, it's not a good answer here, in my opinion. Further, I think it draws a false analogy.
Oct 31	comment	What is the tree of life in Proverbs 11:30? All I know about Malbim is from Wikipedia, but it sounds like he wouldn't make this connection because of "his proven principle that there are no true synonyms in the Tanach." ;-) But in this case the connection certainly seems not to be there. Would you say it's more similar to the tree analogy drawn in Psalm 1?
Oct 28	comment	Was Ezekiel 37 understood as a prophesy of a literal Resurrection? My son is dressing up as a skeleton this year for Halloween. I may tell people he's going as Ezekiel 37!
Oct 28	comment	Was Ezekiel 37 understood as a prophesy of a literal Resurrection? I answer my own challenge!
Oct 28	asked	Was Ezekiel 37 understood as a prophesy of a literal Resurrection?
Oct 28	comment	How do you know an allegory is valid? I certainly didn't mean any disrespect. (Perhaps you missed the little smiley at the end?) I honestly understand the method better thanks to that phrase.
Oct 28	comment	What is the significance of “east” in the Scriptures? Good question. I've been using old-testament only when talking about the Tanakh from a Christian perspective. They are synonyms and I'd normally expect to see only one or the other. I'm wondering if you added it simply for completeness.
Oct 28	revised	What is the significance of “east” in the Scriptures? Ez is the shortened version of Ezra. I'm sure you meant Ezekiel throughout.
Oct 28	answered	What is the significance of “east” in the Scriptures?
Oct 28	comment	The meaning of “I” in Zechariah 7:3 Would you say, therefore, that this might be a translation problem?
Oct 28	comment	Origin of the word Theonomos I wonder if the word is contained in the Septuagint? Given your answer, I'd be surprised if it were. Thanks for the answer.
Oct 28	comment	Jesus' command to hate your father and mother in Luke 14:26 An excellent answer. I wonder if the "interlinear" section could be formatted differently so that the Strong's numbers are above or below the English word. It would be nice if this could be automated somehow too. ;-)
Oct 28	comment	How does Jesus' argument from David and the show bread work? Good example of the minimum speed limit. (But I had to read it a few times to get the gist. Maybe I'm being dense today. I think it would help to spell out the two possible interpretations of the minimum speed, `i.e,` never drop below it or sometimes safety requires stopping. ;-)