the act of transferring meaning between languages
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Into how many languages has the Bible been translated?
I understand that the Bible has been translated into more languages than any other book in the world. What is the current total of languages into which the Bible, or part of the Bible, has been ...
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How diverse or united is Christian history on the imagery of “Father” and “Son”?
The original languages of the Bible itself and, to my knowledge, most of Christian history, are replete with the filial language of God being known as a “Father” and Jesus being known as his “Son”. ...
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When did the older English spelling of the endings of Isaiah and Elijah stop being used in the Catholic Church?
I was reading Archbishop Fulton Sheen's Life of Christ and he always refers to Isaiah and Isaias and Elijah as Elias.
I know that's one of the traditional English spellings, but when did it change ...
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According to the LDS Church (Mormons), how specifically did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon?
As I understand it, the LDS Church teaches that the Book of Mormon was written on gold plates in a language called "Reformed Egyptian". According to the LDS Church, what did Joseph Smith use and how ...
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What is a faithful translation for “the son of perdition” in John 17:12?
In John 17, Jesus prays and says of his disciples,
12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of ...
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Why is “elohim” translated as “God” and not “gods”? [closed]
I was looking at the Holman Christian Standard Bible and I saw that Elohim is plural. Were it to be translated plural it would read something like:
"In the beginning, gods created the heavens and ...
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Hebrew OT translation to Greek NT
Hebrews 10:5 (ESV) states
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
This is an ...
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Is there Biblical support for Hell?
One of the common tenets of Christian Universalism (as well as Annihilationism) is the non-existence of Hell as an eternal punishment for non-Christians, that everyone has been granted salvation ...
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Should the KJV translation be taken less literally than other versions [closed]
To the best of my knowledge, the KJV bible is the only translation to be translated from the original languages, then to a "middle" language (latin) and then into english. This seems to me like it ...
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Dialog between Jesus and Peter in John 21: what's going on?
In John 21: 15-17 there's a post-Resurrection dialog between Peter and Jesus. Here's the KJV translation of this dialog.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of
Jonas, ...
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Why is “Jesus” all caps in Matthew 1:21 and Luke 1:31?
It's only in the King James and the New King James, but why? Jesus' name is all caps:
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS:
for he shall save his people from their ...
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What is the distinction between Consubstantial and One in Being?
The New Translation of the Roman Missal is going to be put into use in Advent 2011 and there is a change made to the Nicene Creed.
one in Being with the Father.
is going to be
consubstantial ...
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The symbolic use of “horn”
It has proved difficult to find an answer to this question
A quick concordance search of "horn" and you will find many different uses for the word. My center-column notes say "strength." But why? ...
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Should Genesis 1:2 be translated “And the earth became without form…”?
The Gap theory seems to be based largely on translating Genesis 1:2 differently from the usual translations, eg. KJV:
1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the ...
