Category Archives: Translation and Commentary

Gender-Bending in John

Posted on 2011-04-22 by

I was reading the Bible on my cellphone the other day, and noticed that YouVersion had other languages beyond English! Well, since I’ve been spending my time in French, I thought I’d browse within the Nouvelle Edition de Genève (NEG79), … Continue reading →

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Jonah 3:1-4

Posted on 2011-01-23 by

I am continuing in Learn Biblical Hebrew, by John Dobson. In an earlier post I translated Jonah 1:1-3 and I have been slow to post my work on  Jonah 3:1-4. this post will show that much of 3:1-4 is verbatim … Continue reading →

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Dating John

Posted on 2011-01-17 by

This is useful for all of us who are spending the next little while studying the Gospel of John at The Mount, and anyone else interested in John’s message, I imagine. I found it especially thought-provoking. …This would  place John’s … Continue reading →

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Jonah 1:1-3

Posted on 2011-01-16 by

I am continuing in Learn Biblical Hebrew, by John Dobson. Next up, Jonah 1:1-3 and 3:1-4 – primarily working narrative still, with the addition of more contact with personal pronoun endings on prepositions, as in “from me”, “before me”, or … Continue reading →

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Genesis 24:1-10

Posted on 2011-01-13 by

I mentioned in a previous post that I wanted to work on translating some Hebrew narrative, with the goal of looking at the flow of thought and different verbal forms. I am currently working my way through Learn Biblical Hebrew, … Continue reading →

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