Category Archives: idioms

The double-dyed villains of the Apocrypha

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 28, 2008
In a previous post, I noted the use of “triple-dyed villain” (NEB) and “double-dyed villain” (REB) to describe the character of Haman in the Greek version of the book of Esther: We find, however, that the Jews whom this double-dyed villain had consigned to extinction are no evildoers; on the contrary, they order their lives by [...]
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Cunning punning in Genesis 3

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: October 18, 2008
The value of a historical-critical study Bible does show itself from time to time. I was reading through the early chapters of Genesis, looking for more “once upon a time…” campfire stories, when I happened upon the study notes in my REB Study Bible for Genesis 3:1: 3.1: Serpent: an ancient extrabiblical story tells how a [...]
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I peed my pants!

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: October 18, 2008
Returning to Kevin Sam’s list of interesting idioms in the NEB, I wanted to take a closer look at Ezekiel 21.7, which the NEB translates as: When they ask you why you are groaning, say to them, ‘I groan at the thing I have heard; when it comes, all hearts melt, all courage fails, all hands [...]
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