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Typos/Errors of Bullinger’s “The Companion Bible”
So far as I know, nobody has created such a page yet. Because Bullinger’s Bible has a large number of, ah, speculative theories, my list of errors will only include obvious simple errors of undisputable facts. If you find other typos or errors, let me know and I’ll add them to this post. Related Posts:Joshua, [...]
Adam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 1
The first human being is named Adam in Genesis 1. In today’s English we capitalize some words to make them names. Thus, chastity is a virtue, but Chastity is a name someone might give a child. No such distinction is made in Hebrew, to this very day. So it would be more accurate to say [...]
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1 Chronicles 1:29 — Accents and Sentence Structure
One of the more fascinating things about the Masoretic Text is its system of accents. Basically, an elaborate system of accent marks allows every verse in the Hebrew Bible to be diagrammed, rather like schoolchildren today diagram sentences. (At least, I hope schoolchildren today diagram sentences.) Of course, the accents were added about 1000 years [...]
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Isaiah 7 — Translation and Notes
Below the fold, my fairly literal translation of Isaiah 7, plus notes. You know the drill. (Usual disclaimer: this exercise is not a class assignment but leans heavily on class discussions, I am solely responsible for any mistakes, etc.) Related Posts:catastrophe and promise: the paradox of isaiah 7:13-25Joshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation [...]
A Translation of Isaiah 6 with Notes
Below the fold, my fairly literal translation of Isaiah 6, followed by notes. This is dependent on class work I am currently involved in, but is not directly work for any assignment. Related Posts:The Call of IsaiahIsaiah 6:4-5Isaiah 6:1-3Joshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation at the TransfigurationTypos/Errors of Bullinger’s “The Companion Bible”
The Basic Patterns of the Seven Binyanim in All Three Tenses, and What They Do
It is customary practice in Hebrew to make up hypothetical illustrative verbs on the patterns פ-ע-ל and q-t-l. For the sake of learning the patterns, here’s the basic structures of the seven binyanim in all three tenses. Each learner will learn his or her own way, but for those who want instructions on how to [...]
What שם פעולה is.
The Hebrew program here at OSU is an odd thing. After spending three quarters in modern Hebrew, in which your knowledge of the Hebrew verbal system moves forward at the approximate pace of a jar of molasses. If you paid really careful attention in class, you are fairly competent in just one and a third [...]
The Call of Isaiah
[A written version of a message I delivered to the Student Christian Fellowship on October 12, 2011.] In the year of the death of the king Uzziah, I saw my Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up. And the trains of his robe filled the Temple. Seraphim stood around him. Each one had [...]
The Peculiar Man of Proverbs 31
There is a great deal of conversation today about the ideal “Proverbs 31 woman.” I have nothing to say about her today, other than to point out that she was a highly successful business woman who appeared to have considerable control of a large stash of money she was investing. And, if recent studies are [...]
Joshua, Elisha, and Jesus — God and Salvation at the Transfiguration