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Practical Problems with Word for Word Translation

Byhenry October 10, 2008

A nice, short note at mmm-BELLY-may Day (HT: Kouya Chronicles).

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Linguistics Conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Byhenry February 22, 2018
Re: Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate It’s more than a year away, April 26-27, 2019, but this conference looks like about the most fun you can have on a seminary campus without breaking the rules! I see several names I know, some well, and one Energion author, Thomas Hudgins,…
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Comparing 1 Peter 3:13
Byhenry April 23, 2008
Yesterday I commended the HCSB translation of this verse. Today let me give a couple of other options: HCSB: “And who will harm you if you are passionate for what is good?” REB: “Who is going to do your harm if you are devoted to what is good?” [Doesn’t read well, in my view, even…
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Yet Again The Voice and Italics
Byhenry August 23, 2012
I know I’m beating this topic to death, but I can’t help it. Really I can’t. Or at least I won’t. I was reading Hebrews today, and I ran into some interesting examples, both of positive and (in my opinion) negative uses of italics. Before I look at a couple of cases, however, I do…
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More on The Voice
Byhenry September 21, 2012
I haven’t had time to read enough of The Voice to draw final conclusions, just to make observations. I do intend to continue reading and try to come up with some more precise and well-supported conclusions. The problem is that I find The Voice the most difficult mix of good and bad ideas I’ve ever encountered…
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Music and the Hebrew Text (Hangout Interview)
Byhenry November 16, 2016
I commend to my readers my interview last night with Bob MacDonald regarding his newly released book The Song in the Night. I make some further remarks on the Energion Discussion Network.
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1 Chronicles 1-9 in the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary
Byhenry October 31, 2010
I previously gave an overview of the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary on 1-2 Chronicles, but I’ve been spending more time with it since, reading the Hebrew text along with the commentary. While I do appreciate the NLT text on which the commentary is based, I’m not reading this for the NLT text, but rather for the…
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