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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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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. |
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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? |
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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? |
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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.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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May 17 |
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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. |
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May 13 |
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What is the difference in meaning between Χριστός Ἰησοῦς and Ἰησοῦς Χριστός? I'm troubled by the final paragraph, which is just bad theology. But more importantly to this site, I'm curious if you have a source to back up the claim in the first paragraph. |
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May 10 |
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Psalm 51:5 CEV vs ESV See also: To what extent is Psalm 51:4 poetic exaggeration? |
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May 10 |
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Why does Jesus tell his mother his “hour has not yet come”? I wanted to highlight the part of this post that addresses the question: "her reaction then showed no indication of offense". That's a wonderful observation from the text and points us in a helpful direction. If you could show the rest of your answer from the text or by referencing some historical information, I could vote this answer up. As it is, it falls short of being useful to me (though your perspective is interesting and probably correct). |
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May 9 |
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Did Mark intend to end his gospel at 16:8? See also: Does the “lost leaf” theory for Mark's abrupt ending fail if written on a scroll? |
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May 7 |
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What are the limits to the Christological hermeneutic? Hi hannes. I appreciate the effort, but I'm afraid (as @Caleb mentioned) this isn't helping me understand anything about the question I asked. |
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May 6 |
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How should we understand the “Cleansing of the Temple”? +1. In addition, the money changers themselves (even if they were completely honest) would have been one of the barriers to worship for foreigners. Since the temple did not take foreign currencies, a person from a distant nation would have needed to take an extra step that a local would not have. The final quote from Isaiah 2 fits in well with the Mark version which includes the fig-tree miracle: "And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’..." (Mark 11:22-23a ESV) |
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May 6 |
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How should we understand the “Cleansing of the Temple”? I'm not sure how I missed this until now, but thanks for the answer. Out of curiousity, why did you skip Matthew? |
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May 6 |
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Did Jesus have the legal authority to cleanse the temple? Hmmm... I suppose it depends a bit on how effective Jesus action was in reforming the Temple. My thought is that after a few hours, the tables had been set right, the money-changers were back in action and the animals (whether blemished or not) were waiting to be slaughtered. In other words, the action itself was not effective. In that scenario, Jesus' authority as builder of the temple would have been less immediate to his role as prophet. But ultimately, as you say, if Jesus saw himself as David's son, he had authority in the temple for that reason as well. |
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Did Jesus have the legal authority to cleanse the temple? Hi Matthew and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics! This is an excellent answer and well argued. Since I wrote my answer, I've read The Challenge of Jesus by N. T. Wright. He suggests that Jesus' action in the temple was symbolic judgment against it along the lines of Jeremiah smashing clay jars or Ezekiel lying on his side. I don't think that view conflicts with the view that Jesus was taking on the role of King and son of David, however. Thanks again for the answer and I'm looking forward to more. :) |
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May 3 |
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Was Mark A Scribe? That's a good, but difficult question. Note that even the best answer will amount to informed speculation, however. |
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May 2 |
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What does it mean to be “born of water”? Hi Rod. We're looking for knowledgable answers and this looks a bit on the speculative side. Might I recommend digging into the text a bit more and, perhaps, looking at what other interpreters have said about it? Thank you. |
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Apr 29 |
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What are the limits to the Christological hermeneutic? While I agree that the Christological hermeneutic is the interpretation philosophy of the New Testament, I'm not convinced that the three quotations from Paul illustrate it. Certainly, he interpreted everything in light of the cross (and your allegory is a good one), but there are other places in Paul (and from Jesus himself) that show how Christians re-interpreted the Scriptures in light of the person of Jesus and saw the church as fulfilling the promises made to Abraham and Israel. But good stuff overall and +1. |
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Apr 26 |
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Do the Dead Sea Scrolls argue against Aramaic primacy? See also: What language did Jesus commonly speak? |
