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Currently reading: Augustine, De Trinitate

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I am Jewish by birth (this is not the religious affiliation), Christian by faith (this is the religious affiliation). Very simple.

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Feb 14	comment	Did Jesus endorse tithing for all when addressing the Pharisees? Understood. I will do so.
Feb 10	comment	“the first day of the week” in 1 Corinthians 16:2 @Sarah Noll: I did get your message. Been a little tied up lately, and I want to give a thorough response, so please give me a little more time. Also, I have one more PDF to add to this that ties everything together.
Feb 10	comment	Interpretations of Elihu in Job @Blessed: Elihu means "He is my God." El = God; Eli = my God; hu = he.
Feb 4	comment	Should the title in Isaiah 9 be translated? @Monica Cellio: Hmm...not sure what you mean. I do.
Jan 26	comment	Does Paul reject the idea of celebrating holidays in Galatians? @Frank Luke: Jesus was there during Chanukka. It mentions nothing about him celebrating it. Nor does the Bible mention him celebrating Purim. Did he? Nobody knows for sure.
Jan 25	comment	Why are there two harvesters in Revelation 14? @Nikos: Not really. I think it's referring to the wrath of God that He will inflict upon the unrighteous on the earth in the last days. Of course, after that, the dead unrighteous will be in Geihinnam for eternity unless somehow they repent, but I don't know if that would happen. In any case, hope that answers your question.
Jan 24	comment	Why is the Septuagint (LXX) significant? What does it mean they "quote from it under inspiration"? I don't quite understand that. Inspiration of the Holy Spirit is commonly used for prophesying, where God speaks directly through you. In the case of quoting the Septuagint, they were simply reading or citing what is already written on parchment a couple hundred years before they (the apostles) lived. I mean, the ECF's quoted from the Septuagint, too. Was that under "inspiration of the Holy Spirit"? I just don't think "inspiration of the Holy Spirit" is relevant to quoting from the Septuagint. Maybe that's just me.
Jan 24	comment	Does Theophilus of Antioch's statement have any bearing on interpreting Mathew 5:28? The relevant passage in Theophilus' work is Ch. 13, not Ch. 3.
Jan 22	comment	What is the difference between exegesis and hermeneutics? I agree. Short and sweet. Exegesis - the interpretation; hermeneuetics - rules for interpretation.
Jan 22	comment	Evil spirit from God (I Samuel 16:14) A similar thread for further edification: christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/11629/…
Jan 19	comment	What options did Mary have in mind with Gabriel's greeting? Possibly, but that would incite amazement, or disbelief. One might say, "Ha, yeah right!" But, the presence of the verb "troubled" (διαταράσσω; v. 29) and Gabriel's statement, "Do not fear!" (μὴ φοβοῦ; v. 30) seem to imply that Mary was scared.
Jan 15	comment	Comma? “Verily I say unto thee today, …” or “Verily I say unto thee, today…” I believe he meant "I say to you, 'Today you shall be with me in the Paradise..." Like you. Just sayin' that your comparison was dissimilar and did not make an adequate argument. Nothing more.
Jan 15	comment	Ya'akov's prophecy regarding his son, Yosef (Gen. 49:24) But, it does not say "there" (שָׁם) but "from there" (מִשָּׁם).
Jan 14	comment	What are the holy Scriptures that Timothy has known from his youth? Also noteworthy that the "Septuagint" (Greek translation of the Tanakh) extant then is not necessarily the exact same Septuagint extant today.
Jan 14	comment	Does Gabriel's initial announcement to Mary suggest the virgin birth? When you say Mary's question in reply shows mystification or surprise," which verse are you referring to?
Jan 14	comment	Does Gabriel's initial announcement to Mary suggest the virgin birth? You're certainly omitting the immediate context. See, especially, Luke 1:34-35.
Jan 14	comment	Comma? “Verily I say unto thee today, …” or “Verily I say unto thee, today…” Matt. 26:34 contains ὅτι ("that") after σοι ("to you"), while Luke 23:43 does not. So, they produce a dissimilar comparison.
Jan 10	comment	Is conscience (συνείδησις) a particularly Pauline idea? Well, considering that Pauline epistles account for the majority of the NT, I wouldn't expect to see it much elsewhere in the NT. I wouldn't expect to see it in the Gospels, either, since they're a different genre of literature, when compared to an epistle.
Jan 10	comment	What does Paul mean by allegory in Galatians 4:24? @Wlanez: Can you prove that PARDES was a 1st century A.D. method of hermeneutics? When was PARDES first mentioned?
Jan 6	comment	What language are people translating the Bible from? @bmargulies: If I'm hired to be one of many translating the NT, why must I need to know 6 languages to be considered "competent"?