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  1. Within Reason

    JW The Jesuit NWT of the WTS/JW Org, based upon Aleph (Sinaiticus) and B (Vaticanus)!

    The Jesuit "New World Translation" (NWT) of the WTS/JW Org, based upon Aleph (Sinaiticus) and B (Vaticanus)! Why does the NWT (which I have in my hand, possession) refer, in its notations (footnotes), to the Codex Aleph (Sinaiticus) and Codex B (Vaticanus), among others? For instance in the...
  2. rako

    Do the letters of God's Hebrew name "El" make their own meaning?

    Early writing systems like ancient Akkadian, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Chinese began by using pictures or logograms for words. For the Akkadians, the word for God, "El"or "Ilu" in cuneiform, was written with an eight-legged star symbol that also signified the heavens. The Canaanites and Hebrews...