As I reflect on it, I'm puzzled why the word "Exegetical...." begins this close-reason. I feel like it would be preferable simply to have "Questions that start...". Maybe I'm just a miserable pedant, though. :) — Davïd49 secs ago
^^^^ @Dan @JackDouglas @Susan @JonEricson
@Davïd To the exclusion of questions about hermeneutical approaches (which don’t require a specific text), I believe. — Susan ♦1 min ago
Right, well that makes sense. :) My sense lingers that there's a quirk in the close-reason still.
Yet another option:
Questions which fail to focus on the biblical text or hermeneutical approaches to it are off topic.
I think we all agree pretty much on what we want to "prohibit", but I'm not sure we've nailed the best way to signal it in the reasons offered:
the "...regarding systema...
^^^ My best shot through bleary eyes and flakey wifi. Will see how many holes have been shot through it ... some time soon. ;)
Yet another option:
Questions which fail to focus on the biblical text or hermeneutical approaches to it are off topic.
I think we all agree pretty much on what we want to "prohibit", but I'm not sure we've nailed the best way to signal it in the reasons offered:
the "...regarding systema...
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