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Some notes about my BH answers
* Answers of mine that I think are under-valued (either directly or relatively);
didn't start tracking this right away so incomplete. (31)
Accepted + only answer (16) (so nothing to compare to)
12 - stoning
12 - Aaron avoid Paro
5 - Jacob renamed twice
5 - Horeb
5 - NET scholars
*5 - Pharisees/Pilate/tomb (v. good answer IMO)
5 - Job/foundations
4 - Onan's sin
4 - sexual immorality
3 - 3rd cmd
3 - uzziah & azariah
3 - cut off from their people
2 - numerous as the stars
2 - Paro summon Avram (speculative)
2 - saul peace offering
2 - stranger & sojourner
Accepted + top (32)
17 - Abel flocks (only other is Ron)
14 - Meribah (only other is not Xian)
13 - Hebrew NLT Gen 6:3 (2 weak answers)
13 - auth to cleanse temple (all other answers are good too, though less so)
12 - child sacrifice (1 other good answer)
11 - 10 cmd (only other is Ron)
10 - sarcastic (1 weak answer)
10 - bib vs modern Hebrew (1 other answer)
10 - gen 18 (only other is Ron)
10 - childbirth sin (2 Xian answers below, one w/swipe at rabbis)
9 - exodus # (2 other good answers)
8 - adversary Gen & Job (1 good, 1 xian ok, 1 good below that)
7 - image in gen 1 (several good, Xian ones well-behaved except Bob's)
7 - dominion (1 bad Xian answer/opinion)
7 - Ezekiel mark well (1 other ok answer)
7 - wept on neck (only other has votes but not really an answer; not offensive)
6 - Jewish Gen 1:26 (1 Xian answer! (Bob/trinity/fake kabbalah))
6 - Jacob/Israel
6 (tie) - linguistic fingerprints (other answers Xian)
5 - Adam w/Eve & serpent (only other is weak/unsupported/NAAish)
5 - cleansing (mixed lot, including bad Bull & bad Bob)
5 - "seven"
5 - psalm 46 (other ok)
*5 - Adam male & female (Bob/Jesus score 3)
5 - 20/25/15 (deleted Bob crap -4)
4 - cooking & festivals (other ok)
*3 - name of Yahweh (speculative Bob answer at 1)
*3 - what is special about tabernacles (I thought my answer deserved more)
*2 (tie) - Hosea -> Joshua (I thought both answers deserved more)
*2 (tie) - Romans allow execution (I thought my answer deserved more)
*2 - good & beautiful person (other @0 is bad Xian on Tanakh)
*1 - tzitzit (other @0 is an interpretive sermon not an answer)
Accepted + not top (6)
7 - Noah curse Canaan (top not Xian)
*4 - Isaiah 53:8 (top @+6/-1 is Xian & ignores evidence in my answer, yet has
more votes)
4 - Hosea 11 (other good (Amichai))
*3 - Job curse (Xian at +5/-1 - Jesusifying Job)
3 - Jonah expect to die (top answers a different question)
1 - Achan's family (top @2 meh, bad Bull @-4)
Not accepted + only answer (18) (so nothing to compare to)
10 - middot (good answer, not sure why not accepted)
6 - stoning adulterer (good answer, not sure why not accepted)
6 - spirit not abide
6 - hymn to wisdom
5 - Elisha jeers
5 - sons of Israel Jews only
4 - rejected bride
4 - abba
3 - satan translation
3 - did Job repent
3 - annointed in 1 Chron
3 - Lot's visitors
*2 - Deut 25 (I thought mine deserved more)
*2 - go wrong for Solomon (I thought mine deserved more)
2 - Isaiah 7:8
2 - and did not cease (duplicate)
2 - psalm/prophecy talking about who
*1 - who blotted out ex 32 (I thought mine deserved more)
Not accepted + top (40)
12 - what is midrash (no accept) (1 other good answer, 1 bad one, others meh)
10 - gen 1:1 (1 good (frank), 1 bad (ron))
8 - et (no accept)
8 - animals/king of zion (no accept)
7 - Rashi/Jephthah (no accept) (only other is good)
7 - greater king (self-answer accepted below)
6 - God's gender (no accept) (mixed lot)
6 - make an idol (no accept) (1 weak/NAA but not offensive)
6 - Isaiah 9 (no accept)
6 - god of war (no accept) (only other is Xian)
6 - Er's sin (no accept)
5 - Gen 3:13 (no accept) (other good too)
*5 - Bilaam (no accept) (Xian answer score 3)
*5 - holy spirit in herm (no accept) (many Xian assertions, no surprise)
5 - light Gen 1:3 (no accept) (only other is bad Bull)
5 - satan/sons of God (other is Xian & weak)
5 - water/blood (accepted is 3, ok)
5 - Rahab hall of faith (no accept)
*5 - wisdom in proverbs (no accept) (other Xian, mine's only DV)
5 - circumcission/rebirth (accepted score 4 meh)
4 - chesed/Ps 136 (no accept)
4 - sacrifice atone (no accept) (bad Q, other Xian (Kazark))
4 - stones (no accept) (others weak)
4 - babel/other tower traditions (no accept)
4 - rings pure gold (no accept) (others ok)
4 - Ex 26 directions (no accept)
4 - evil (no accept) (1 weak Xian at -1)
3 - third & fourth generation (1 other ok, 1 weak)
*3 - god of avraham, isaac, & jacob (closed) (my answer is undervalued IMO)
3 - who was nimrod (weak answer at 0 & bad at -3)
3 - joshua execute innocents
2 - anger dual form
*2 (tie) - constellations (other speculative, unsupported, somewhat NAA; mine
answers the question w/support)
2 - ragaz Psalm 4
1 (tie) - judges 17 levite & judah (other answer is 2/3 complaint about mine,
1/3 new good info)
1 - water Ex 20
*1 (tie) - Psalm 45 (Xian answer @0)
*1 - elijah decommissioned (I thought mine deserved more)
*1 (tie) - families who mourn (accepted ok until it goes Xian)
*1 (tie) - God warn moshe at sinai (both speculative; other ends at Jesus)
Not accepted + not top (31)
22 - cooking kid (top not doctrinal)
11 - only-begotten son (mixed lot, accepted answer score 1)
8 - Deborah (top is good (Jon))
7 - Jewish vs Xian scholars (no accept) (several good, 1 bad/misrep PaRDeS
@ +5/-2 (bob))
7 - Noah blameless (others good)
6 - Haran (no accept) (top good too)
6 - nefilim (top answer is sourced, not p'shat ("fallen away from God"))
*5 - Jesus 3 days/nights (no accept) (top good but mine better, some meh,
one crap (DWT))
5 - communion cup (no accept) (top ok)
5 - kissing calves (top good (Eli))
5 - Joel dating (top is better)
*4 (tie) - Hosea 6 Jesus (Xian answer +5/-1, prob bad Q)
4 (tie) - Joel/spirit (others ok, one semi-Xian)
4 - zecharia/mary (top ok)
3 - Abraham stop @10 (top good)
3 - mankind's way of relating (several others good)
*3 - typical cast lots (accepted @8 is weaker)
3 - reconcile morality (top good)
*3 (tie) - hellenistic & hebraic jews (accepted is blatant doctrine & wrong)
*3 - cord of 3 strands (accepted @7 - Kazark's w/dogma)
3 - thanksgiving offering (partial answer) (accepted is good)
2 - Lord vs O Lord (I can't tell if the accepted @4 is right)
2 - two bronze mountains
*2 - war with amalek (top @3 is Joseph's "promised seed"/Jesus motif, out of
place here)
*2 - priestly exam of woman (I thought mine deserved more)
(accepted @5 starts ok but then turns Xia, so -1 from me)
(observation: Mike will choose Xian answers to Tanakh questions; don't
expect him to ever accept my answers)
2 - Lot daughters (top answer @4 is good; other is speculative)
2 - Efrayim ash heap (accepted @6 meh, bob's @1 is probably wrong)
2 - Cain say to Abel (top @7 is good, self-accept @1 weak & bombastic (ron))
*2 - exodus 32 (accepted @3 meh & uses mine)
*1 - Noah raven (top @5 ok; I thought mine deserved more than 1; bad Bull @-1)
1 - children of israel (accepted @4 good, better than mine)
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