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The literal & infallible word of God

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angellous_evangellous

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MidnightBlue said:
I think I'll always need a Greek lexicon.

As for Hebrew, I took one semester 28 years ago; I don't even remember the alphabet. :eek:
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Ha! The alphabet can be challenging. :D I don't remember how many semesters I had, but I'm glad it's over.

There are books of Greek roots, suffixes/prefixes, and other morphological tags that can help you figure out a word without looking it up. If you memorize these (I estimate about 400 tags?) you can dramatically reduce the amount of time you spend looking up words - and you'll always at least know where to look.
 
sojourner

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
angellous_evangellous said:
Me too. Reading the Bible is not the same thing as studying it, and claiming to have read it in both Hebrew and Greek is a bit fantastic (in the sense that it's not very realistic to believe a claim that someone has done it). I do know folks who have mastered both languages and have done it, but these are remarkable people who don't need the lexicon. I am weening myself off of the Greek lexicons, but I have no intention of learning Hebrew that well.

Reading both languages without one would be impressive. Reading the Bible nine times is not.
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Lexicons are for wimps. Don't you know that a simple, cursory reading of Biblical texts in King James English is all that is necessary...or authorized, for that matter?
 
Smoke

Smoke

Done here.
kadzbiz said:
I wonder what tattoo God would get?
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She's got a full back tat:

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sojourner

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
I love it when I have epiphanies like this! perhaps I should found a new church, based upon this new understanding. We could call it: "The Church of the Presumptuous Assumption of the Blinding Light." Located just off Route 37, on the frontage road.
 
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