A month ago I wrote about the NEB/REB’s translation of the Hebrew `ets and the Greek xylon as “on a gibbet” rather than the more literal “on a tree” or the interpretative “on a cross” (cf. Deuteronomy 21:22-23, Acts 5:30, Acts 13:29, Galatians 3:13, and 1 Peter 2:24).
At the time, I lauded the NEB/REB for [...]
I just bought my very first copy of the KJV translation…
Damian at Castle of Nutshells has a new post up with a blind translation comparison of 1 Thessalonians 5.14, quoted here from the REB (not one of his compared versions):
We urge you, friends, to rebuke the idle, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, and be patient with everyone.
Damian notes a variety of translations for the [...]
I’m continuing to look at the portrayal of Wisdom in Proverbs 8. Several Bibles have noted that the translation of 8.30 has significant theological importance in our understanding of who and how God created the heavens and the earth in Genesis 1-2. There seem to be three main views: that (a) Wisdom was God’s companion, [...]
A number of blogs and/or their authors have caught my attention lately and I wanted to give them a shout out here:
kataeuangelion — Stuart is a regular commenter on TC’s blog. I’d tell you what his blog title means, but I don’t read “squiggle”… that said, I recommend his series on the “truncated gospel”.
psalterium — [...]
In his book, In the End - The Beginning, Jürgen Moltmann notes the following consequences of Jesus fulfilling the role of Israel’s messiah and the savior of the nations:
Because Jesus has come as the promised son (Isa. 9.6), there is no longer any need for religious or legal privilege to be given to fathers and [...]
Staying with Proverbs 8, I wanted to note some translation differences between the NEB and the REB. The latter is generally considered to be more ‘mainstream’ in its textual emendations, a “conservative corrective” to the more daring renderings of the NEB.
However, in some cases, like Proverbs 8.32-34, the changes toward the literal have perhaps created [...]
In his book, In the End - The Beginning, Jürgen Moltmann writes that in contrast to the tradition of the Messiah as a male child as written in Isaiah 9.6 (”to us a child is born, to us a son is given”, there is another messianic tradition in scripture, the Wisdom tradition, that “identifies the [...]
“The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” (Matthew 13:43)
Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine
cum sanctis tuis in aeternum:
quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine;
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Rest in peace, Pam, rest in peace…
As a bit of a followup to the quiz I linked to in my previous post, I’ll point you to a post written a few days ago that I’ve just discovered. Written by Ray McCalla on his blog, Sinaiticus, the article is titled “More Than One Way To Skin A Cat” and addresses the question, [...]
