Fulfilled Prophecy

Seems to me there is a similar challenge in ancient Greek. Whether the same in modern Greek I do not know.The term kai (pronounced 'kehh' by the modern school) is called a copulative in that it connects things together, and is variously translated: and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, and not (in the Authorized Version). My Greek professor, if memory serves, asserted that it can also mean 'but.' In actual reading, all those years ago, I began to suspect that kai to the speaker of Koine Greek was bit like 'uhh,' to the speaker of American English.How does one translate 'uhh' to a foreign tongue?Can you think of any instance where 'uhh' might be substituted for vav?

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Theology is the science of Dominion.
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When I study Hebrew terminology I am always amazed at how many words one can create by applying different vowel marks. As I understand it, these marks were first applied a thousand years after the Hebrew scripture was written (of which nothing original survives) Yes?I have seen, in Strong's Concordance, as many as half a dozen supposedly distinct usages with identical primitive spelling. I suspect that the Hebrew language, when first biblified, had far fewer of the few words it seems to have nowadays.The fact of identical primitive spellings is often exploited by translators who can, if they like, put a different and sometimes equally plausible spin on a word by changing the vowel marks. Such ambivalence, or polyvalence (is that a word?) makes the "solid truth" of the Bible more like a Swiss Cheeze. Some imagination may be required to fill in the gaps.I exaggerate the problem, of course, for the sake of argument but you know there's a fundamental problem when you have a thousand different Bible thumping organizations selling a thousand different versions of the One and Only "truth." It's about the Word, yes?Each and every slippery one of them.

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Theology is the science of Dominion.
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From the translators Preface to the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (c. 1952).

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“ . where a more probable and convincing reading can be obtained by assuming different vowels, this has been done. No notes are given in such cases, because the vowel points are less ancient and reliable than the consonants.”

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I expect most translators will hesitate to share such things with the reader. Then again: most readers will ignore the preface.Only after I got out of theology school did I discover that the translators introduction to the King James Version contains clues essential to understanding the book. None of my teachers, none of my professors, no one in that lifetime so much as suggested that it might be interesting; and to this day I have met no believer who has actually read it!That introduction identifies: the "Most High." And whom do you suppose that is?Time to read page one.

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Theology is the science of Dominion.
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Hi Scraph,Long time no see! Very good to hear from you.All is well as can be for an old fart. Everything OK with you?I see your name and it brings back fond memories. Let's get together sometime and pick a fight with someone, shall we?I find your new avatar quite humorous. Has your horse died? Are you beginning to feel that our work here is futile? Neither I hope.Thank you for the expression of camaraderie.db

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Theology is the science of Dominion.
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