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For those who have studied any of the so-called letters of Ignatius of Antioch... Anything stick out to you? Anything that you liked? Anything you didn't like? Anything you want to know more about? Anything impact you? Do you prefer the longer or shorter versions? Latin, Greek, or Syriac? It...

As a piggyback from morecoffee's post here... There's a bible found in all sorts of places that, with a lot of editing, could be made quite good. Its word count would need to be trimmed down by about half in the Old Testament since it is unnecessarily prolix. Some deletions would be needed...

Of course, the first thing you should have thought when I began the title of this thread "Letters of Ignatius" is "what version of the letters of Ignatius are you talking about?" because, as we all know (or SHOULD know), there are many different versions of the letters of Ignatius. And the...

I'm primarily an OT guy. I spend most of my time digging through Hebrew manuscripts that most people have never even heard of. However, I haven't spent much time working with the NT. That is slowly changing. I have numerous tools at my disposal, but I'm not sure which ones would be more...

This question is intended for Roman Catholics on the board. Which one of the Vulgates do you prefer and why? Clementine? Stuttgart? Nuova? Online, I found a very easy way to tell the difference... If Gen 3:20 has "Heva," it is Clementine. If it has "Hava," it is Stuttgart. If it has "Eva," it...

I challenge any KJV-Only advocate to prove that the King James Bible is an accurate translation without using any translation other than the KJV. You must base your reasons for the supreme accuracy of the KJV on nothing other than the original languages as evidenced by the manuscripts and papyri...

Are you a translator or an editor? Do you know Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, or English? The Free Bible needs you: Bible (Wikisource) - Wikisource, the free online library It is what one might call an Open Source bible translation. Anyone and everyone can contribute. Which sometimes results in...

There is a difference between a translation and a revision. A revision is based on a previous translation while a translation is based solely on the original languages. It has no translation as its base text. I think it would be nice to see a list of translations out there that claim to be...

Ever since I heard of it and read reviews, I thought I would enjoy it. And I did. Unfortunately, I think it fell short of what it could have been. For one thing, the piano music is supposed to be something transcendent that is remembered from past lives and taken up in new ones, but we never...

It is easy to say that the KJV has been surpassed by other translations. Real examples, however, help show why. There are three major reasons why the KJV is no longer a good translation and I'm going to show you real, concrete examples of them all: 1. It makes numerous errors that have now...

If what Calvin says here is true, then Christ was not God. Christ was very much comprehensible to our sense perceptions. To whom will we liken God? Yeshua! If what Calvin says here is true, then the following places in the New Testament must be stricken from your bibles as blasphemy: He is the...

I am a translator of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Though it may take me another 10 years, I eventually hope to finish and publish my own translation. I am working hard to make sure every single jot and tittle is the most accurate you can find in English. Many people wonder what bible they...

There's a lot of stuff out there. I thought it might be nice to have a thread to collect things we find. Here's one about a Catholic priest in Syria who was beheaded by Jidhadists. Not certain if that group is being armed by the US or not. Catholic Priest Beheaded in Syria by Al-Qaeda-Linked...

I remember when I was a teenager, going to a Christian camp where there was a river and swimming. I wasn't a Christian, I just wanted to have some fun at the camp with people I knew. As a young boy, I looked forward to the ladies in swimsuits. And I remember being particularly disappointed when...

Robert Alter has been translating the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament for the past decade or so. His next volume has just recently been released: Ancient Israel. It's a translation of the Former Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings). I ordered mine and eagerly await its delivery. There is also a...

Although I am providing my own analysis here, I welcome others to join me. Pick a couple verses from the Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic, and analyze the NWT to see what it does with the source text. This study arises from a general question about how good (or not) is the New World Translation. I...

I wanted to open a thread to celebrate all those who are Pelagian or Semi-Pelagian. Yeah! Lift those hands! Raise the roof! It's awesome not being Armenian or Calvinist. :amen: I know I'm going to see a lot of you standing in the holy assembly in the world to come. And I'm proud to stand with...

Use this thread to post links to articles or have discussions about things in the media, society, and the world at large, where some part of the biblical text is yanked out of its historical and literary context and re-used to support an agenda or a idea or a policy or a product or a president...

So we all know about how Abraham, in Gen 15:6, is said to be considered righteous: וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽיהוָ֑&#1492...

So I've noticed a number of churches popping up which call themselves "Evangelical Free." I have no idea what that is other than that they are 1. clearly Protestant 2. a loose association of individual churches (no central authority), and 3. a rather new thing historically. I'm just...