does he know Greek?

analogmusicman said:

does anyone know if Hank Hanegraaf the "Bible Answer Man" knows any of the original Biblical languages?

tnx,

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Hi. The best way to find out is go to the original hebrew/greek and compare his translation/interpretation to those. I read a lot of the Bible with an interlinear to help me learn those 2 languages:

http://www.scripture4all.org/

This site has the 3 main greek texts most Bible versions use for their translations and remember the greek words all ran together with NO SEPERATION.

http://www.olivetree.com/cgi-bin/EnglishBible.htm

Here is one example, and what I do is copy/paste them to Wordpad and compare them for "inconsistances"

Reve 13:3 And one, out of the heads/f of it/n, as having been slaughtered/esfagmenhn <4969> (5772)F into death, and the blow/stripe/plhgh <4127> of the death of it was healed, and marvels whole the land behind of the wild-beast.

(Greek NT - Byz./Maj.) Revelation 13:3 kai mian ek twn kefalwn autou wsei esfagmenhn eiV qanaton kai h plhgh tou qanatou autou eqerapeuqh kai eqaumasen olh h gh opisw tou qhriou

(Greek NT - W-H ) Revelation 13:3 kai mian ek twn kefalwn autou wV esfagmenhn eiV qanaton kai h plhgh tou qanatou autou eqerapeuqh kai eqaumasqh olh h gh opisw tou qhriou

(Greek NT - Textus Rec.) Revelation 13:3 kai eidon mian twn kefalwn autou wV esfagmenhn eiV qanaton kai h plhgh tou qanatou autou eqerapeuqh kai eqaumasqh en olh th gh opisw tou qhriou

analogmusicman said:

does anyone know if Hank Hanegraaf the "Bible Answer Man" knows any of the original Biblical languages?

tnx,

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It's hard to discern what Hank knows. To my knowledge, he has no formal theological education under his belt. That said, anyone can sign up for a biblical languages course or even engage in self study through a variety of learn-at-home materials. As a Pastor, I'm all for formal education, but schooling isn't everything. Such a man must be judged by the content of his teaching, and for the most part, Hank seems to be a fair minded, biblically responsible exegete. It would not surprise me if he had studied Hebrew and Greek, though I cannot affirm as much.