I am taking a class that asks this question for an essay.
2006-06-19 17:07:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How limited the English translation is in comparison to the original Greek and Hebrew. I have been amazed by the depth of meaning and nuance in the original languages.
2006-06-19 17:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by HL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough questions, because it's hard to "process" the Bible only on an intellectual basis. But when I was in seminary, I did learn to study the Bible in the original languages, not just the English translations. Also, there are some passages that are easier to analyze intellectually: The Law of Moses and the Sermon on the Mount come to mind.
Having said that, I think it's unfair to ask someone to limit oneself to a strictly academic study of the Bible. It needs to be approached on both an intellectual and spiritual level.
2006-06-20 00:18:22 · answer #2 · answered by freedomnow1950 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible needs to be studied as a spiritual journey, and a mere academic study can be interesting, but misses the whole point.
2006-06-20 00:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by rockEsquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean academic as in a secular purely literature based look at the Bible or is this a theology essay?
2006-06-20 00:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by velvet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned recently that the book of Isaiah is like a miniature Bible in itself.
It has two major parts resembling the Old and New Testament.
The number of chapters in the book resemble the number of books in the Bible.
2006-06-20 00:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by tp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well for the new testment, I learned about the source material for the gospels of Matt and Luke, mystery writer 'X' Also different takes on gospel of John and Revelations being 2 authors or not.
For Old testament, the hebrew/ancient folklore/mytholgy represent in the creation/flood stories. Also how the books of the prophets are linked
2006-06-20 00:12:27 · answer #6 · answered by mike c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When ever I read the bibles (king james and douway) when I was 8 I was called a heretic for asking questions..........how can something handed down by word of mouth for 300 years and then edited so many times by man..............be exact? What was the point for the incestual behavior of Lot's daughters, for example? I'm so much older now and I give up........what's new?
2006-06-20 00:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by sashali 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned that because of one mans sin THE ADAM, sin entered the world. God told him not to eat and THE ADAM did it anyway. The woman was deceived, in that God did not tell her, but THE ADAM was her covering. The ADAM and EVE were expelled from the garden after it was very good, and they procreated and had two children after the fruit of the tree, GOOD and EVIL. EVIL killed GOOD and then procreated with mankind. The whole world fell into ruin. God provided another seed to restore GOOD to the world his name was SETH and out of SETH came JESUS GOOD in the flesh. The world was cleansed by a flood. I was cleansed by water also, and the last enemy will be death. Thank God. Patience and Faith, He that endure until the end the same shall be saved. God so loved the WORLD[COSMOS]
2006-06-20 00:09:59 · answer #8 · answered by soccergarysw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was teaching bible couple years back
couple things I learn that even my pastor didn't know about
There are actually 13 tribes NOT 12 the levis tribe "do not count"
there was actually a human sacrifice to God ((Judges 11:31,)
2006-06-20 00:25:39 · answer #9 · answered by n K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What did you learn in the class? That's how you should answer your question.
2006-06-20 00:11:57 · answer #10 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋