This question has been asked before, but now that the site has had some time to find it's feet and the community is taking shape, we need to survey what the current thinking is.
Below is a list of all the previous suggestions I could find - please add any others I've missed and discuss in the co...
It sounds like Robert is saying that we should allow the original question to stand
In other words, the four or so of us who have discussed this in chat may have some ideas that we want to push through, but that that shouldn't be cause for us to flex our mod muscles... if the other answers got more votes, that suffices for a consensus
oops probably shouldn't link to TL from here. Robert says: "we're good", which means though he disagrees whith (what he thinks are) our reasons for re-asking, he will not oppose them
One thing that's probably missing is that I think there was a misunderstanding early on regarding what hermeneutics is... it seemed that people understood hermeneutics to be essentially what I would refer to as exegesis, and that misunderstanding influenced the name for the site
I think that the community has come to understand the distinction better by now
This site is in an odd position. Questions about the site are also questions that are valid for the site. This is another such question.
It seems that there has been discussion on chat multiple times regarding translation and exegesis. At one point, translation was understood (by me) to be pa...
@JackDouglas Definitely. I probably poisoned the well by suggesting a bias for short, clever and comprehensive.
@Richard I find the sites similar in many ways.
@Richard This is true. My emails to bloggers have born no fruit and I wonder if the name is partially to blame. (But more likely, we need to find more people to invite.)
I've mentioned it personally to several different people. One of them committed on Area51 several months ago, but has never joined now that it's live as far as I can tell. More recently I've gotten verbal commitments to check it out. One person joined and answered one question, 3 weeks ago...
@Richard By the way, that's one of the reasons I've proposed weekly challenges. Sometimes it's easier to come up with questions if you have some preexisting angle to tackle. I don't know if it's working though...
@JonEricson I really do like the idea. I seem to come up with questions better simply by reading the Bible, though. Of course, that's pretty evident in my questions.
@Richard Yep. My best questions (and the ones I'm most excited about the answers I received) were from reading a text, thinking "What the...", and asking with little to no research.
@Ami I guess what I imagined when I read your answer was that it was a word that meant, "I'd stake my life on this." So in the case of jumping off of a bridge, I stake my life that this bungee cord will break my fall.
Does "rely" get at the meaning at all? "I rely on God | my fortress | my army."
@JonEricson, when batach is not used in reference to God, the meaning is clear: "physical protection from attack." Once the word batach is used in reference to God, the meaning becomes more ambiguous. "I rely on" works as does "I am afforded security in...." Of course the word "security" is ambiguous here and can mean various things...
That's a difficult one...I'm pretty sure you don't find that in the OT, but it might work if you mean to say that your wealth can protect you from a physical attack.
In summary: when batach is not used in relation to God it means physical protection from a physical attack. When batachis used in relation to God it has a broader meaning which includes: "to rely on God" and "to find security in faith."
@Soldarnal To butt in, I prefer quoting in the post if possible. It helps me see what the question is about a lot quicker. (And I sometimes skip questions I don't get right away.)
I haven't exactly seen a standard about it... I just find it useful because I'm lazy
I think there's probably wisdom called for... If you're asking about a whole chapter, it's probably wise to just link (I actually find extended quotations annoying), but I don't see why a single verse couldn't be quoted
My question is about the following text:
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it ...
This site is in an odd position. Questions about the site are also questions that are valid for the site. This is another such question.
It seems that there has been discussion on chat multiple times regarding translation and exegesis. At one point, translation was understood (by me) to be pa...
My question is about the following text:
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it ...
