Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by 3836293648 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:12PM
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Please say that that is from the old testament
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Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by paulryanrogers on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:24PM
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No. Revelation, IIRC
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by nhtsamera on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:48PM
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Yeah, it's actually one of the last sentences in the New Testament - Revelations 22:18.
Jesus did his best to tone down the fire and brimstone, but the Abrahamic god is not a particularly forgiving one.
You have no clue what you're talking about. Jesus spoke more regarding the topic of hell than everybody else in the bible _combined_.
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by 3836293648 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @05:11PM
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Of course he did, hell is a Christian concept that isn't accepted by modern Judaism and was a divisive topic during ancient Judaism
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by paulryanrogers on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:19PM
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IDK. Jesus supposedly also plans to be the one to decides who to cast into everlasting flames or eternal paradise.
What's interesting about that is it's obviously only referring to the book of Revelations itself, since "The Bible" as such didn't even exist at the time, if it isn't a late addition. Yet Christians apply it to scripture as a whole.
Also, IIRC, Revelations almost didn't even make it into the Biblical canon, like a lot of other apocryphal books it was considered too crazy for the mainstream.
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by bazoom42 on Monday January 23, 2023 @02:15AM
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The Bible did exist, just not the section called the new testament.
"The Bible" is a Christian invention. What existed was the Torah and other Hebrew texts, whose incorporation into Christian canon is based on retroactive continuity, and has never been recognized as valid within Judaism.
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by bazoom42 on Monday January 23, 2023 @08:22AM
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AFAIK Bible is from Greek and was used by Greek speaking Jews to refer to their sacred books.
Re:Translating the Bible is a vexed task
by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:14AM
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> Yet Christians apply it to scripture as a whole.
I mean. some do, but, that’s hardly the only position.
http://actsapologist.blogspot.com/2016/05/how-does-catholic-...