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47 questions linked to/from How can we educate new users about our site distinctives?
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IS it off topic to address theological aspects of the text? [duplicate]
This question pertains to conversation in The Library
The following is expressed:
we are best equipped to help with the historical, linguistic, and
literary aspects of texts rather than their ...
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What texts are open for examination?
I assume the baseline here is interpretation of and principles behind understanding the 66 book Protestant canon.
What about the extra 7 Deuterocanonical books used by Catholics?
What about the extra ...
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What kind of site do we ultimately want to have?
There have been a lot of discussions on meta about different aspects of site direction, but none directly focused on the fundamental question: What kind of site do we want to have? What should our ...
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What is the Anatomy of a Good BH.SE Answer?
This question has a different focus than What are we looking for in answers?, but is related.
There is an explicit one for questions (What makes a good/bad question?), which itself links to the more ...
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What does "show your work" mean in the context of exegesis?
As a result of recent debate over whether certain answers would be considered acceptable on this site, we posed the question "What are we looking for in answers?". In my foray into the issue, I noted ...
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We need to downvote more
DISCLAIMER: Allow me to begin with a caveat: SE users are free to vote however they please. The only 'official' criteria for voting on questions are:
It shows research effort
It is useful
It is clear
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The false dichotomy between "faith-based" hermeneutics and "let the text speak for itself" hermenuetics
This "gripe" is not unfamiliar to contributors to biblical hermeneutics beta, and frankly it is probably as old as the hills. Ages ago when I was taking undergraduate courses in theology, I ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Biblical Hermeneutics is scheduled for an election next week, ...
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A roadmap to Biblical Studies
Recently, Soldarnal suggested a name for our site that I quite like: Biblical Studies. It seems that Stack Exchange would be willing to entertain a name change, if we think it's a pressing issue. ...
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Does truth have any place on BH? If so, what is its place and how might it be worded so as not to offend unnecessarily?
I, for one, do not have a corner on the truth. (Does anyone?) From my perspective, however, truth would seem to be the payoff for a thoroughgoing hermeneutic. If as interpreters we do our job well, we ...
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A helpful flowchart for asking questions on BH.SE
Here is a helpful flowchart for asking questions on BH.SE. Relevant meta posts for each decision are listed below:
My goal is for this be a helpful reference and 'one-stop-shop' for users. Also note ...
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Can we encourage those posing questions to tag more appropriately with tweaked help text?
When questions are posted, the system demands they have at least one tag. These are typically used responsibly and well. However, in a significant number of cases, they aren't. For example:
some users ...
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Adding a reason for deleting answers
Far too often, I see answers that are one-liners, wholly unsupported throwaways and downright terrible answers to questions of an OP.
These questions fall far short of our community's "Show your work"...
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What About Preaching?
Several users have expressed dissatisfaction with 'preaching' on BH.SE:
unfortunately, i feel that i am getting preached at when i write my (science based) questions... i know those questions, when ...
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