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Tag Archives: translations
Something Weird in the NIV Tradition
Today in church a verse was mentioned in connection with my church’s name “New Life”. The passage, Acts 5.20, was read in NIV1984 (and posted on the screen) and I turned to it in my Greek NT. To my surprise … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Greek, NIV, translation
Tagged greek new testament, NIrV, TNIV, translations
6 Comments
Let Women Remain Silent (or Not)
Last week in class we discussed 1 Corinthians 14.33-35. Talk about a controversial text. How does one properly interpret such a passage? I was asked by a number of friends if I might post my notes on this. Instead of … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians, Hermeneutics, Theology, translation
Tagged proper interpretation, silent, translations, women
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Jesus Led Israel Out of Egypt?
In a phone conversation with a friend today, we were discussing grammatical-historical methods of interpretation and how the NT writers simply did not appear to observe this modern system for interpretation (which claims, in my opinion, an overly “scientific” approach … Continue reading
When the Bible Comes Alive
The first assignment of the semester for my Former Prophets class was to read Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2 Kings in two different translations and give me several pages of questions, comments, and insights about the texts. They could … Continue reading
Posted in Former Prophets, preaching, translation
Tagged Bible, Joshuah, Judges, Kings, literature, Preaching, Samuel, Teaching, translations
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Changing Media Living Message
I often hear complaints (and have offered my own) about movies not being like the book and just how much better the book was by comparison. This may be true enough, but perhaps what we are latently getting at suggests … Continue reading →