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Orthodox Christian interested in religious/ecclesiastical history, Patristics, music, digital forensics, technology, NLP/CL, Python, etc.


Feb
18
comment Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
@H3br3wHamm3r81 I added a contextual response at the end of my answer.
Feb
18
revised Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
Added contextual answer
Feb
18
comment Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
I agree @swasheck - which I think Metzger makes clear (I wanted to quote more than one source on this, and my only other textual commentary basically just quotes Metzger).
Feb
18
revised Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
Clarified conclusion
Feb
18
revised Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
Clarified the third choice
Feb
18
answered Contextually, which English translation/ Greek text seems more probable in Rev. 5:10?
Feb
16
reviewed No Action Needed How was the Tabernacle built?
Feb
16
reviewed Approve suggested edit on How was the Tabernacle built?
Feb
16
comment What is the name of Jesus in the Peshitta text?
@SarahNoll does this sufficiently answer the question or are you looking for more? Concerning additional sources for supporting that the NT was originally written in Aramaic, that is a separate question.
Feb
16
comment In the Peshitta NT, what was the original meaning of the word often translated “first day of the week”?
@Mike I got an answer at the conference.
Feb
16
revised In the Peshitta NT, what was the original meaning of the word often translated “first day of the week”?
Link to where I asked a scholar about Syriac
Feb
16
comment In the Peshitta NT, what was the original meaning of the word often translated “first day of the week”?
@SarahNoll I found someone at the conference who knows Syriac.
Feb
16
answered In the Peshitta, what is the difference between the original word translated “Sabbath” and that translated “week?”
Feb
16
comment In the Peshitta NT, what was the original meaning of the word often translated “first day of the week”?
It's all good. I'm at a conference at Princeton and I'll be looking for an opportunity to ask a Semitic languages scholar about this tomorrow.
Feb
16
comment In the Peshitta NT, what was the original meaning of the word often translated “first day of the week”?
I did the power lookup and got the same result.
Feb
16
comment What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic?
Can you point me to any scholarly books or articles about the things you've mentioned in your post? I'd like to learn more (beyond Wikipedia).
Feb
16
comment What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic?
I wasn't aware of this, thanks!
Feb
14
comment What portions of the New Testament are purported to have originally been written in Aramaic?
Yes, but I specifically mentioned that I was not interested in the Q theory.
Feb
13
revised In the Peshitta, what is the difference between the original word translated “Sabbath” and that translated “week?”
added link and corrected minor spelling errors
Feb
13
comment “the first day of the week” in 1 Corinthians 16:2
@SarahNoll sorry, I never think to read profiles. My bad.