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To: Dutchboy88
Your answers belie an ignorance of the Scripture. When you have read the entire story, let me know...we'll talk further. And, I am having several great days, thanks. Do you think that Scripture was written in English? I'm curious how do you feel competent to make any interpretations basing on translation?
54 posted on 11/10/2014 12:36:58 PM PST by Lukasz
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To: Lukasz
"Do you think that Scripture was written in English? I'm curious how do you feel competent to make any interpretations basing on translation?"

These two questions represent about 15 real questions. The first is easy...no. I don't think that the Scriptures were written in English. The books of the so-called OT were written originally in Hebrew, by Jews. In 1400BC, Moses clearly was not an English-speaking writer. Those of the so-called NT, were written by Jews in Koine' Greek, with some passages in Aramaic, the street language of Israel during the time of Jesus. As I mentioned, one Gentile penned Luke and Acts.

The second question, however, represents many embedded questions. Perhaps the first of those is where did the English versions of the texts come from? And, that, my FRiend, is a very involved discussion. It is one that I would be willing to engage in, but would likely take 3 months of our time. Would you really like to know this, or was that simply a shorthand means of saying, "I don't think your interpretations are reliable."?.

55 posted on 11/10/2014 1:55:44 PM PST by Dutchboy88
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