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Gospel tag question
So I tried to add a gospel tag, but it was said to be too similar to the 'gospels' tag which seems to be specifically in reference to the first 4 books of the New Testament. Is there a more ...
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Can a question about Genesis 2 be a duplicate of a question about Genesis 1?
Question about Genesis 2: Given its context, is Genesis 2:7 sufficiently ambiguous to support the interpretation that God spent millions of years forming Adam's body from dust?
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Topic scope of Jewish synagogue
This meta question seeks to provide community-driven guidance for the site #synagogue tag.
Jewish synagogues affect many SE sites, including History and Judaism. But, there are indeed some Bible-...
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Is this criterion for closing a question invalid?
One of the options available for closing a question reads, "Questions about biblical topics but without a specific Bible passage are off-topic as hermeneutical methods cannot be applied when no ...
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Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible
I am looking for a Hebrew-English Interlinear Bible in PDF (but not scans) or Word (or maybe Adobe InDesign) format. Is it available (do download) somewhere on the web? (Or maybe some of you have one ...
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Is it normal to have this many new users join the site all at once?
We had a gazillion first posts by new users in the last day or two--unfortunately many of these posts were of lower-quality. Is it normal to have a large influx of new users all at once? Any reason to ...
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Comment on "Mini-Answers" -- To whom was this directed?
Very recently, I noticed that a new contributor asked a seemingly sincere, innocuous question. That OP was closed, and I understand why it was:
What verses can I use to prove the Trinity? [closed] — ...
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Are partial answers in comments permissisble?
I asked a question on this stack yesterday.
The only 'answer' I've received up to now is a very short, poorly evidenced comment. The stack I'm most active on is the one for roleplaying games, where ...
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Cleanup for low-usage tags
We have a number of tags with very few questions, and a steady stream of new tags coming in. I don't suggest that this is entirely a bad thing, but too many similar tags makes things hard to find.
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Which NIV? There are more than one variation
In many of the questions and answers on this site, reference is made to "the NIV". However, there are at least 3 variations of the NIV:
the original, from 1984
"Today's NIV", from ...
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When is it OK to answer a question using a theological argument supported by other biblical material?
The biblical texts are the product of a long history of collection, redaction and revision. Texts put forward different ideas because they were written by different people. But also often texts ...
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What are we doing here and what are Hermenutics?
From Milton S. Terrys Biblical hermenutics
Hermenutics is the science of interpretation. The word is usually applied to the explanation of written documents, and may therefore be more specifically ...
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Let's rest Biblically
By an amazing coincidence, this is the 7th challenge topic I've suggested. "Challenge ideas" isn't a challenge itself, but a place for us to collect and vote on topics. My favorite ...
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What does it mean for a Question to "Arise from a Biblical text"?
Arising from a Biblical Text - 2011 to 2020
In the 'On Topic' article, we point users to this 9 year old Meta Question to clarify the idea of Questions needing to 'arise from' the text. Now, whilst ...
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Why am I still able to post on here when I canceled my account
I thought I was signing up for a different thing called Substack not this thing called whatever it’s called I don’t wanna be here why am I still still on it when I canceled it how do you cancel it how ...
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