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Anonymous

12:22 AM

@JackDouglas Why? Isn't this about Biblical Hermeneutics?

Daи

12:52 AM

@Anonymous see Jack's later comment:

8 hours ago, by Jack Douglas

actually, re-reading, I think I was off in my assessment of what @Anonymous was saying, sorry Anonymous please ignore my previous comment

Anonymous

@Daи I didn't really get that part.

Daи

2:29 AM

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user2479

6:49 AM

@Daи-It seemed the DV'er was just getting 'their quota' of DV's-numerous questions w/o a common theme-is this the "great equalizer"?

John Martin

11:49 AM

@JackDouglas @ Sarah I would indeed appreciate any help to strengthen my questions, as Sarah mentioned a need for yesterday. Most of my questions fall together with one particular answer; it's for hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/6231. They are all dealing with the consistent theme of when fatherhood must begin; only then will we reach an answer to several equations hidden within the Great Flood story. Thanks.

John Martin

12:44 PM

@Sarah One great example of a Q of mine that needs strengthening is hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/8127. That I need to re-write somehow or delete. Still it approaches my thesis from a different direction. That one starts with how long Noah lived after the flood and when he died. Then it uses calculations from those going backwards. Thanks.

Good morning, or afternoon I guess, Caleb!

@Caleb What is a "community wiki" next to my answer for on
http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/6231/2873 ?
I'm thinking it's due to my numerous revisions. Is that correct?

Caleb

@JohnMartin Yes, too many edits. But the system that detects that is not a good fit for BH and is usually wrong. I'm just manually removed that for you as there is no reason for that to be a CW post.

John Martin

Thanks.

Caleb

You can flag any cases you see on BH that are not intended by the author to be CW and we'll usually force it to revert. Just use the flag link and chose the custom flag to a moderator's attention, ask for CW removal and we'll review.

John Martin

@Caleb All right. I sure hadn't gotten into flagging and contacting you or other moderators like that (other than via this library) to date.

@Caleb Sarah asked Jack Douglas for any suggestions to help me strengthen my Q's & A's at BH. Please let me know if you have any recommendations too.

Caleb

@JohnMartin Here is fine if you want to discuss it, but if you just need something reviewed a flag is a simpler way to queue something up for the next available mod to review.

John Martin

12:57 PM

Ok. Thanks.

Caleb

@JohnMartin Will do, but I havn't been following most of them so they might be better equipped to do that. If I end up on one and study what't going and have feedback I'll chime in.

I don't get to study everything that comes across the site, as much as that might me nice if I could.

John Martin

@Caleb Well, all right, I've just gotten deeply into the ages/#'s in Genesis. I don't want to bombard others with #'s and drive them crazy.

I may well have already done that. ;-)

Caleb

@JohnMartin If you are answering questions that call for that as an answer or asking your own in that vein and they are legitimately scoped for this site that should me fine. People not interested in that topic don't have to read those posts. Now they could have other issues, but all else being equal it shouldn't be a problem. I hope your not here just to make a point about theology and actually to learn about and teach about hermeneutics.

John Martin

@Caleb Great! No. I'm not trying to make a point but to obtain others' views for me to consider on a theme. I saw BH on the Internet and how well versed so many of you seemed to be. That's one key reason I joined.

@Caleb To date this has been extremely helpful.

Caleb

Good.

John Martin

1:08 PM

I should get some errands done. Have a great day!

Jack Douglas

5:31 PM

@JohnMartin I'd just echo what Caleb has said: as long as each question is on-topic and answerable in it's own right, it's welcome on the site. Not everyone will have the same interest in each topic of course, but that is ok too.

Anonymous

6:24 PM

@JackDouglas Additionally, sometimes the questioner may not specify the viewpoint, so that means any sort of biblical interpretation (Jewish, Christian, etc.) would do. I recently made an answer using Jewish sources, plus one source from the Journal of Biblical Literature.

@JackDouglas Does this Biblical Hermeneutics.SE include any book about the Bible, including non-canonical sources? I'm pretty sure the Samaritans have a different version of their scripture than the Jews.

Jack Douglas

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Q: What texts are open for examination?

I assume the baseline here is interpretation of and principals behind understanding the 66 book Protestant canon. What about the extra 7 Deuterocanonical books used by Catholics? What about the extra 12 used by the Eastern Orthodox church? What about other ancient Jewish literature considered o...

+1 for your answer btw

did you read this:

Potiphar

Potiphar or Potifar is a person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph. Potiphar is said to be the captain of the palace guard and is referred to without name in the Quran. Joseph, sold into slavery by his brothers, is taken to Egypt where he is sold to Potiphar as a household slave. Potiphar makes Joseph the head of his household, but Potiphar's wife, furious at Joseph for resisting her attempts to seduce him, accuses him falsely of attempted rape. Potiphar casts Joseph into prison, to the notice of Pharaoh through his ability to interpret the dreams of other prisoners. Potiphar'...

Anonymous

@JackDouglas Not really. I actually used EbscoHost and tried to dig out academic resources.

The Bible, specifically the Tanakh, is the religious-cultural-historical text of the Jewish people.

As a non-Jew, I'd consider educated Jewish accounts more credible than non-Jewish accounts.

Jack Douglas

6:58 PM

@Anonymous what non-Jewish accounts are there?

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