For anyone who wants to take the Bible literally, we have to remember that it was written in a foriegn language. The Old testament was written largely in Hebrew , with some Aramaic
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Didn't someone once say "All translation is falsification"?
And of course, we also have to understand that even the eye-witnesses in stoies there don't get the same story, hell 3 days is 3 days no matter the position of the observer ;)
not had time to click the link yet, but I guess the numbers are 40 meaning many (The way we say millions for over-exaggeration) and 6 for all hell will be let loose, or lots of trouble, but do they claim translation of 666 or 616? 616 (a possible true number of the beast) I'd suggest is 1 surrounded by evil? or 25.806975801127880315188420605149 = root of all evil? (Sqrt 666) ;)
Weell, if the congregation really wanted to know, there was a time when they would be kept in ignorance by lack of books - or not knowing wot book to look in. However, these days, one only has to go to Wiki to find all this out, and if cannot b bothered to look, it's yer own fault.
Another problem is that the 'learned few' often do not know thier own traditions well enuff. Some of them do not even know their ecclesiastical arrrchdeacons from their elbows :)
Yeah, don't take to much notice of anyone who tells u that they only read the NIV, or can't explain the diff between 'formal equivalent' and 'dynamic equivalent'.
For ancient world documents, we generally take large numbers as guesses by the chroniclers meaning "lots." That's true up through the early modern period, really. Unless we can count corpses, always take those battle accounts with a grain of salt.
~Like I said, all the big numbers are suspect.~ Yes, but like I said, the OT was Hebrew and Aramaic. It's the NT that is Greek, and that is why i refer strictly to the OT in the OP.
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Looking forward to your report about the trip in Israel! :)
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The King James was based on Jerome's crappy vulgate translation of an Alexandran Greek translation of the source materials. Just saying.
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Didn't someone once say "All translation is falsification"?
And of course, we also have to understand that even the eye-witnesses in stoies there don't get the same story, hell 3 days is 3 days no matter the position of the observer ;)
not had time to click the link yet, but I guess the numbers are 40 meaning many (The way we say millions for over-exaggeration) and 6 for all hell will be let loose, or lots of trouble, but do they claim translation of 666 or 616? 616 (a possible true number of the beast) I'd suggest is 1 surrounded by evil? or 25.806975801127880315188420605149 = root of all evil? (Sqrt 666) ;)
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Isn't it about time these "learned preachers" explained some of this to the congregation?
Right Soldiers, Get in line, stand to attention and number off. *Clunk.
I,II,III,IV,V......
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However, these days, one only has to go to Wiki to find all this out, and if cannot b bothered to look, it's yer own fault.
Another problem is that the 'learned few' often do not know thier own traditions well enuff. Some of them do not even know their ecclesiastical arrrchdeacons from their elbows :)
Yeah, don't take to much notice of anyone who tells u that they only read the NIV, or can't explain the diff between 'formal equivalent' and 'dynamic equivalent'.
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For ancient world documents, we generally take large numbers as guesses by the chroniclers meaning "lots." That's true up through the early modern period, really. Unless we can count corpses, always take those battle accounts with a grain of salt.
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Like I said, all the big numbers are suspect.
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Yes, but like I said, the OT was Hebrew and Aramaic. It's the NT that is Greek, and that is why i refer strictly to the OT in the OP.
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