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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Demon possession or the common cold?
One of the common themes we encounter in reading about the miracles of Jesus’ healing is that many of the people were possessed by demons or filled with unclean spirits that caused their afflictions:
“They came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those tormented by unclean spirits were made well.” (Luke [...]
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Terms of endearment
Suzanne made a lovely post a while back on diminutives in the Bible, as related to John 13:33 (REB):
“My children, I am to be with you for a little longer; then you will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, I tell you now: where I am going you cannot come.”
I came across [...]
Posted in bible translation 1 Comment
In defense of Bible translation tradition
Jim Swindle has written a defense of traditional, formal equivalence Bible translations:
For some Bible scholars, the more traditional translations are good mostly for complaining about. They can’t stand such translations as the English Standard Version, the New American Standard Bible, or the New King James Version. These Bibles use “formal equivalence” instead of the “dynamic [...]
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Silence of the tongue: a charismatic exorcism