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By: clayboy » Biblical Studies Carnival XLVIII

clayboy » Biblical Studies Carnival XLVIII — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:22:00 +0000

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By: clayboy

clayboy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:23:45 +0000

Ah, a reasoned argument.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:08:29 +0000

The CEB changes “Son of Man” to “Human One”! Totally unacceptable!

By: Gary Simmons

Gary Simmons — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:24:52 +0000

“I’ll tell you straight up.” That’s colloquial — at least to an American speaker.

By: clayboy » The CEB, the Human One, and Matthew’s misquotations

clayboy » The CEB, the Human One, and Matthew’s misquotations — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:26:22 +0000

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By: clayboy

clayboy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:37:05 +0000

By: clayboy

clayboy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:47 +0000

Now that’s interesting. Thank you. I suspect they need the word winnowing in there, despite the fact that it’s a difficult word.

By: Mike Bird

Mike Bird — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:59:18 +0000

The translation of 1 Esdras is much better in the CEB!

By: Erp

Erp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:03:05 +0000

Except it could be shovel. See a winnowing shovel The Greek word is ptuon which seems to have been more of a shovel like tool than a fork.

By: clayboy

clayboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:33:14 +0000

Actually, on the beatitudes it was less the word “happy” than the phrase “happy are people” which just struck me as odd. I think (this may be a BrE vs an AmE thing. I would prefer (minimally) “Happy are the people who …” Perhaps “How fortunate are the people …” but perhaps better to reword entirely ” How great is God’s blessing for those who grieve, for they shall be glad.”