2007-04-03 12:19:46 · 5 answers · asked by iconoclast12 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It means eternal rest for G-d. Some anti-religious nut-jobs have this web-site: http://requiemaeternamdeo.info/
I find it personally very offensive but everyone is entitled to their own opinions and ideas. It basically deals with Nietzsche’s basis that G-d is dead.
2007-04-03 12:43:55 · answer #1 · answered by tropicalturbodave 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Requiem Aeternam Deo
2016-11-08 08:00:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say that the exact phrase 'ego eimi' - I am - is translated exactly the same in all 47 times it appears in the NWT. However, this is a misleading argument that fools only those who are not familiar with biblical Greek and the principles of translation. This is because the present tense form of the verb 'eimi' is NOT always translated into the present tense in English but sometimes in the perfect tense - this applies not only to the NWT but to *all* of the most popular English translations! Here are to examples of a Greek phrase that has a form of 'eimi' in the present tense but is rendered in the perfect tense in English translations: John 14:9 - τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰμι such time with you I am John 15:27 - ἀπ' ἀρχῆς μετ' ἐμοῦ ἐστε from beginning with me you are In both cases, popular translations such as the NIV and NASB follow the translating principles that the NWT did in John 8:58 - John 14:9 - I have been among you such a long time. (NIV) John 15:27 - You have been with me from the beginning. (NIV) Note the use of 'have been' in both verses for a Greek present tense original, just like the NWT in John 8:58.
2016-03-18 10:04:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
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How would you translate the words "requiem aeternam deo"?
2015-08-21 03:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by Belinda 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eternal rest to God.
2007-04-03 12:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
morning for the eternal God
2015-02-05 08:49:11 · answer #6 · answered by Nathan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋