While translating Daniel 4, I realized its authorship was Nebuchadnezzar: further investigation established that it was found in archives of Babylon. Can...
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May 16, 2008 4:02 pm
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Our apologies for the recent highly inappropriate post that originated from Paul Vincent Dolan's account. Action has been taken to ensure that this member will...
In an earlier post (#2757 of Jan.4) the opinion was expressed that LXX: XHROUSA "playing the widow" in 2 Samuel 13:20 is a euphemism for ERHMOUSA "being...
That Tamar got preganant from the liaison with Amnon is also the implication of Matthew 15:27: "The dogs eat from the crumbs fallen from the table of their...
Of course, one could argue that Matthew 15:28 "And she was healed (i.e. was pregnant) from that hour" belongs after "And he lay with her" in 11:4. But that is...
So David was perplexed. Was Uriah dead (so the information of the Ethiopian as he understood it)? Or was Uriah alive and procreating? Had David been tricked...
List member Peter Papoutsis has asked that we make the following announcment on our list. "I would like to . . . announce that THE HOLY ORTHODOX BIBLE is now...
Peter Patsousis, Thanks for the notice! When will this be ready in one volume? Reading the samples, I like some of what I see. But there are some quirks; for...
Far Talk
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Jun 4, 2008 4:59 pm
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Dear Far Talk: Thanks for the inquiry and the question. This usually comes down to Greek Sentence structure, sense of meaning balanced against literalness. If...
Fr. John Whiteford's post provides the moderators with an opportunity to underline how moderator intervention should and should not be solicited. As an initial...
I see. I thought it was just a proofreading oversight. Don't you think it a bit risky to introduce your own rules for English? Subject-verb agreement is...
Far Talk
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Jun 5, 2008 12:32 am
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There are points of scholarly debate about which I might strenuously disagree with someone, but the point would at least be worth talking about. For example,...
I would ask the moderators to point out what, in the following comments is worthy of a serious response: That Tamar got preganant from the liaison with Amnon...
Psalm 37:2 = MT Ps. 38:3 contains the usual two parallel cola; Brenton translates "For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon...
? vs. 13, EIS TWN ARXONTWN TWN PRWTWN Trans. vs 13 "one of the princes of the first" Of the first what?? Is this written this way?for emphases the importance...
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Jul 15, 2008 10:48 pm
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That could also mean "One of the first [chief, leading] princes", no? Juvenaly St Tikhon's Sem....
Juvenaly
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Jul 15, 2008 11:09 pm
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Juvenaly, That was my thoughts also: one of the first arch-angels (Michael, Gabriel, etc.), but I wanted to be certain. Doug? ... From: Juvenaly...
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Jul 15, 2008 11:39 pm
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Greetings LXX group, Can anyone point me to a website with Accented Public Domain Old Greek Testament in text format (*.txt, *.doc, *.html ...), which may be...
Andrew- Tyndale House has this resource as well as many others linked via their website: http://www.tyndalehouse.co.uk/links_Biblical.htm I hope this helps. ...
Thank you Dave, for this very rich website, but it does not contains nor links Accented Public Domain Old Greek Testament. Here is some information about my...
The Orthodox LXX text is Published currently by two organizations. The First being the Apostoliki Diakonia with is the publishing and evangilation arm of the...
Dear Andrew, Thanks for raising this question. ... Much of your question falls properly in issues of copyright. My understanding, from several years in...
... Kevin writes: Peter, do you know of a source for a reprint of the Moscow edition of Alexandrinus? I was looking for a copy, but couldn't find it. My...
Joel, I think it would only the case that the text in *facsimiles* is in the public domain. All the standard critical editions utilize a text created and ...
Kevin writes: Peter, do you know of a source for a reprint of the Moscow edition of Alexandrinus? I was looking for a copy, but couldn't find it. Answer: ...