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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Mar 25	comment	Where did that camel come from? @Monica Cellio and bmargulies: I'm sorry I missed the question the first time around. But I have tried my hand at an answer. Thank you for giving me an example of a question that needs a current event post notice!
Mar 22	comment	Redaction criticism and grammatical-historical hermeneutics @Noah Snyder: I've edited the answer to be a bit more balanced. How does it strike you?
Mar 22	comment	When the Kingdom of Israel split, what happened to Benjamin? 2 Chronicles 11 tells us that Rehoboam consolidated his kingdom in the fortified towns of Judah and Benjamin. 1 Kings 12 is parallel and also shows an alliance between Judah and Benjamin. Is that what you are looking for?
Mar 22	comment	When did separation between Israel and Judah happen? Do you mean "12 kings of Israel before the Kingdom of David"? Are you asking about a specific text? If not, this seems to be more of a History or Mi Yodeya question.
Mar 21	comment	Does Deuteronomy 12:21 reference a missing commandment? The links are a little slow for me, but they eventually go through to chabad.org. It's possible there's some sort of network issue between you're machine and theirs. I did get your ping yesterday. I haven't had time to consider the matter, however.
Mar 20	comment	What is the meaning of “calculate” in Revelation 13:18? Thank you very much for this answer. I added a quote to Solomon's gold bars and links to the other passages you cited. To be honest, I did not understand the core of your answer the first time through because I hadn't searched for 666 in a long time. Now I understand your answer and, while I don't agree with all of what you say, it does have merit. +1.
Mar 20	comment	Are Psalms 23 and 24 both by David according to their prefixes? Interesting find. See also: Who is “I” in Psalm 4.
Mar 19	comment	Does Deuteronomy 12:21 reference a missing commandment? Interesting. I see Rashi explains it was a portion of the oral law given to Moses. I assume you are looking for a more detailed analysis. ;)
Mar 19	comment	What is the baptism of fire? @Eli Rosencruft: For handy reference on one page. So you see the fire as a testing fire?
Mar 18	comment	Did King Ahaz find a virgin mother? Good point. In a way, your question is the inverse of the other one.
Mar 18	comment	Did King Ahaz find a virgin mother? Hi Bruce and welcome Biblical Hermeneutics! This is an interesting question. So interesting, in fact, that I think its been asked before: In light of Isaiah 7:15-16, how could Jesus be the promised child born of a virgin? Do the answers to that question help?
Mar 13	comment	What is the head covering referring to in 1 Corinthians 11:4-6? Hi Ray. This sort of sounds like a paraphrase or restatement of what Paul said. Would you mind walking us through how you arrived at this interpretation? Thanks!
Mar 12	comment	What is the proper translation of Hosea 11:12? Hi Seeker and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics! I made a couple of changes to your question (see: the FAQ). These really are opposing translations aren't they!
Mar 12	comment	Why is the Bible so repetitive? Oh. Did you mean Leviticus 13-15? 16 is about the Day of Atonement and isn't quite so repetitive. (I always have a tough time getting through this portion when I read (or listen) to the Bible each year.)
Mar 12	comment	Why is the Bible so repetitive? Ok. I edited your question based on your comment. I've wondered the same thing myself! If you have any problems with the new version, you can always edit it again. (I also see that tautology has a rhetorical sense, which is probably what you meant in the first place. Sorry for being dense about that.)
Mar 12	comment	How do Aramaic primacists respond to Greek primacy arguments? Questions really need to be self-contained. The core of this question turns out to be found on other questions and their answers. Could you take a moment and summarize the argument(s) you would like to see Aramaic primacists address? Personally, I don't think we need to set up a debate structure. Stack Exchange works best when we just write up honest questions.
Mar 12	comment	What is the “worship of angels”? Is this the verse you meant to reference? "On that day the LORD will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the LORD, going before them." (Zechariah 12:8 ESV)
Mar 12	comment	How Is the Date of Composition of the Gospels Estimated? As it happens, I lean toward the preterist view myself. But that doesn't mean the books were completed before the temple was destroyed; it just means Jesus prophesied the destruction before it happened. Why none of the NT authors trumpeted the success of the prophesy is a mystery, however. I still need to update my answer to address that point.
Mar 12	comment	Why is the Bible so repetitive? Welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics, Sergey. Could you explain what you mean by "tautological"? It sounds like you are simply using the word to mean "repetitive". A tautology (in logic) is an argument that asserts it's own conclusion, which is a fallacy. Leviticus 13-16 isn't really an argument at all but detailed instructions.
Mar 12	comment	Where does the Tanakh differ from the Christian Old Testament? @contactmatt: Well, I mean the Hebrew text itself in that point. Obviously that requires knowing the language or having access to someone who does. (I gloss over the issues in #4, of course, and assume we can use the MT, rather than the LXX. Not everyone agrees about that.) But your question is so good it's been asked before: Which 'modern' English translation of the Bible is considered the 'closest' or most accurate translation?