Henry Neufeld has created a test version of his online Bible selection tool that allows visitors to more easily compare Bible translations to a base version:
I have added a page that will allow you to choose a base Bible version (whatever you prefer) and get a list of all other available versions based on how [...]
In 1 Timothy 1:19, Paul writes that “it was through spurning conscience that certain persons made shipwreck of their faith” (REB). Shipwreck in this case means “a complete ruin” or “an irretrievable loss”. But of course, shipwreck is also a literal event, one which Paul experienced three times in his apostolic career (2 Corinthians 11:25), [...]
Henry Neufeld has an interesting post today about selecting a Bible translation for public reading. He discusses the KJV, REB and NJB translations, though he finds the latter two to not affect American ears as well as he’d like.
He goes on to consider the monolithic status of the KJV and how many “people love the [...]
My mind was jogged last night after looking at some blog stats, reminding me that I’d wanted to post a follow-up to a discussion argument in the comments to a post on Biblish that I’d made back in December. The root of my original post was that the marketing and endorsement of literal/formal translations as [...]
While most of the gospels rightly focus on the empty tomb as the next event after Christ’s crucifixion in the resurrection story, Matthew includes a very curious anecdote of what happened in the interim:
50 Jesus shouted again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit. 51 Suddenly, the curtain of the sanctuary was split [...]
I was modestly surprised to read Wikipedia’s account of the Paschal greeting (”Christ is risen”, “He is risen indeed”) in which it states:
The Paschal greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians, as well as among several Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians.
I’ve used this greeting on Easter for all [...]
“Though your sins are scarlet,
they may yet be white as snow;
though they are dyed crimson,
they may become white as wool.”
- Isaiah 1:18 (REB)
Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio
Words by Charles Jennens; Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1742)
PART THREE
45. Air
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth.
And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God. (Job 19:25-26)
For now is Christ risen from the dead, the [...]
Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio
Words by Charles Jennens; Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1742)
PART TWO
22. Chorus
Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
23. Air
He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. (Isaiah 53:3)
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks [...]
Messiah: A Sacred Oratorio
Words by Charles Jennens; Music by Georg Friedrich Händel (1742)
PART ONE
1. Sinfonia (Overture)
2. Accompagnato
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness; prepare ye the way [...]
