@jed and @jrdioko, I do like the idea of holding off until public beta, to give more people a chance to jump in. Even if their answers aren't better than the ones already provided, people become more attached to things they contribute to.
@Caleb, I left a comment on your meta question.. is that what you had in mind?
How are folks going about answering these questions? I would think just about every exegesis question deserves referring to a commentary; in some cases it seems like people aren't even Googling stuff first, really just making up whatever sounds right.
Please folks, it's not a contest to post the most answers. I'd rather see quality material.
@Ray My go-to is e-sword where I search key words for passages that I think are relevant to the topic and, then, make an attempt to put it all together.
@Caleb, hi, I found your comment on this answer on C.SE that you may be working on a userscript. I'm willing to contribute if you still think it is a good idea
In Tim Keller's book "The Prodigal God", Keller points out a fairly incredible dichotomy between older and younger brothers - and the parallels between these categories and our society.
In the final part of the book - he extends this to the father - and says the father is reckless like the young...
Is it possible to have an answer to this question that is not doctrine?
I started writing one and found that what I was writing was turning into a post about doctrine. Furthermore, while the question says "Is this a reasonable interpretation?" I suspect that it should really be worded "Is this sound doctrine?"
@Ray Aah. You should post a comment in there about that. It just sounds doctrinal by the way it's worded. (Maybe some edit-love could help the question avoid that.)
I've already edited it to make it sound less like a question about the book itself.
@RebeccaChernoff I would strongly advice against a reference to hermeneutics without specifying Biblical somewhere in there.. hermeneutics is a huge academic field relating to communication and intrepretation of any text
StackBibHermen isn't the worst... StackBH still is the best I see