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To: ColdOne

Where (chapter and verse please) did the word “holocaust” appear in the original Bible?


38 posted on 03/03/2011 3:40:56 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: Jess Kitting

Although I’m not certain what you mean by ‘original Bible’, the original Hebrew word ‘olah, meaning a sacrifice completely consumed by fire was translated by the seventy Jewish scholars into the Greek ‘holocauston’ in the Septuagint, meaning the same thing. Example Exodus 18:12.


54 posted on 03/03/2011 7:00:30 PM PST by Chaguito
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To: Jess Kitting

See post #57 for the link.


58 posted on 03/04/2011 3:48:11 AM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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