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Does Moses Speak Broken Hebrew?
When translating Exodus, I became intimately familiar with every sentence (it is really a tremendous form of close reading), and I noticed something amazing. The cases where Moses speaks Hebrew, he always speaks in what I would call "Moses speak", a…
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How should the story of David's concubines be read?
There's a small story of ten concubines spread across Samuel:
And a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.” Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us…
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What did 'adoption' mean to the Romans?
Romans 8
14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again,
but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba!…
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Is Romans 3:24-26 original to Paul?
Romans 3:23-26 (NA28, ESV):
πάντες γὰρ ἥμαρτον καὶ ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
δικαιούμενοι δωρεὰν τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι διὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ·
and are justified by his…
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What is the correct translation of ἁμαρτίαν in 2 Corinthians 5:21? What did God make Jesus?
The Greek text of 2 Cor. 5:21 has been translated in various ways:
τὸν γὰρ μὴ γνόντα ἁμαρτίαν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἁμαρτίαν ἐποίησεν ἵνα ἡμεῖς γινώμεθα δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ
If the translation of ἁμαρτίαν is "sin," then that implies a literal exchange,…
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Historical interpretations of Ezekiel's vision of a temple
From Ezekiel 40 to the end, the author records a pretty detailed vision of a temple. Historically, what are the main ways this vision been interpreted?
Did the rabbis consider this vision to be fulfilled (or soon fulfilled) with the second…
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What are some examples of drug use in Paul's day that would describe what would be considered pharmakeia/sorcery as he lists it in Galatians 5:20?
In Galatians 5:20, among the deeds of the flesh, Paul lists "pharmakeia," which, as i understand, is commonly translated as sorcery or witchcraft, referring to the use or administering of drugs or poisons or spells or connection to spirits,…
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How did Aaron avoid Pharaoh?
The famous story of Moses in Exodus 2 shows how, as a baby, he avoided Pharaoh's demand that baby boys be put to death.
Maybe it is somewhere in the text and I've missed it, but I'm wondering how Aaron, his brother, avoided death?
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What were the translators of the LXX thinking in rendering “virgin” in Isaiah 7:14?
Obviously we can not know for certain what they were thinking, but with some knowledge about ancient interpretations of this text and the translation philosophy employed by the LXX, I suspect someone around here has a better idea than I do.
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What were the wise men?
Matthew 2 recounts the visit of the wise men to the nativity:
2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men 4 from the East came to Jerusalem 2 saying, “Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we…
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Hosea 6.7: "like men", "like Adam", or "at Adam"?
I was doing some study on Adam, and came across Hosea 6.7. The Hebrew, for reference:
והמה כאדם עברו ברית שם בגדו בי׃
I was already aware different translations choose to render כאדם either as 'like men' or as 'like Adam'. However, this time I…
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Who did Cain marry?
A man marrying his sister is clearly a sin:
If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; they shall be excommunicated in the sight of their…
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What evidence suggests that Paul was not the author of Titus?
I am aware that only a minority of critical scholars recognize Paul as the author of Titus. What I am not sure of is why. Does "the author" say something in the letter that sounds "non-Pauline"? Does he make some sort of prophetic prediction that…
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What is the (grammatical) subject of Romans 10:10?
SBLGNT Rom 10:10
καρδίᾳ γὰρ πιστεύεται εἰς δικαιοσύνην, στόματι δὲ ὁμολογεῖται
εἰς σωτηρίαν·
In most modern English translations, the grammatical subject is a generic person who believes and confesses. However, both verbs are passive (or…
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In Genesis 20:13, why is elohim with a plural verb translated God rather than gods?
Genesis 20:13 (ESV)
And when God caused me to wander…
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ויהי כאשר התעו אתי אלהים
Another question asked about the translation of אלהים (‘elohim) using the singular God. The answers indicated that this is appropriate because adjectives and…
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