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Colliersan

Member Since 02 Aug 2011
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In Topic: Allegory, allegorizing and Jesus' parables

21 June 2014 - 05:40 AM

You can listen to Roberth H. Stein [mentioned above in the bibliography] lectures on parables - Part 1 - Introduction to parables and Part 2 - Interpretation of parables. Transcripts of these lectures can be found here and here.


In Topic: Translations of John 1:1-3 and Exodus 3v14

08 April 2014 - 02:44 AM

Czech Study Translation (2009) and Czech Ecumenical Translation (revised 2001) both have "it". La Palabra (2010) has "she" in Spanish since "the word" is feminine.

 

The entire section John 1:1-5 is very interesting. In verse 2 where there is oὗτος, I think you just cannot translate it by any other term than with the neuter "it". Unless, of course, you see Christ everywhere. With the subsequent genitive (δι αυτου) and dative (εν αυτω) it is more complicated.

 

                  Masc.          Fem.           Neut.
Genitive     αὐτοῦ         αὐτῆς         αὐτοῦ
Dative        αὐτῷ           αὐτῇ           αὐτῷ

 

As you see the Greek is rather ambiguous in this respect, which is nicely captured by those two Czech translations where you can understand either "it" or "he". In English such ambiguity is probably difficult to achieve but the point remains that there is nothing in the original text that should make you think of "him" rather than of "it".  

 

 


In Topic: Peace on Earth?

04 March 2014 - 08:22 AM

Ah, fine. Just keep your posts in one thread, please, if they are all about the same subject.

 

Thank you for the explanation of the "altar call" in the other thread. It is not part of our "Christadelphian" vocabulary. That's why I have said members of this forum may not be necessarily very familiar with the term.


In Topic: Peace on Earth?

03 March 2014 - 03:40 AM

Thank you for your contributions, Hashe. Nonetheless, this Forum was set up as a place for discussion. And it is certainly not intended as a place where you could freely share your blog posts. We do not need multiple threads about the same subject. If they are on the same topic (e.g. Jesus saves us from our sins), please, keep them in the same thread. If not, the moderating team will close the threads and you will be banned.  

We also expect our members to be able to defend their arguments and answer questions posed by others. In your previous thread here, TrevorL asked for a clarification as to what you mean by an "altar call", and he also challenged your understanding of the gospel. Keep in mind that Christians belong to a whole range of different churches and may not be familiar with their practices.    
 


In Topic: Putting Jesus in his place

13 January 2014 - 03:33 AM

I guess we will not be able to help you, unless we know where you bought it. Amazon, Google Books or any other place?