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When I was a student I elicited a positive response for creativity (which is what he was looking for) from a prof when I offered: “Heresy is not being in with the in crowd.”

See the early Church Fathers for “changing their position on key issues.” Had they not, the Church wouldn’t have developed the doctrine of …. a number of things.

There are letters for vowels in Greek. There are no letters for vowels in Hebrew; letters are only for consonants. Vowels in written Hebrew, when used, are symbols.

In Hebrew there are no upper case letters, so the first letter in a sentence written in Hebrew wasn’t capitalized in that language. In Greek there are upper case and lower case letters. Originally, all letters were capitalized. The first letter in a sentence was capitalized - as was every...

There are no upper case or lower case letters in Hebrew. There are upper case and lower case letters in Greek. See the link. https://public.csusm.edu/aitken_html/mathhistory/GreekAlphabet.pdf There is no need to capitalize pronouns that refer to God. There is also no need to capitalize...

The Messiah in scripture is a man (Gk. anthropos), not a God-Man (Gk. theanthropos). We have Origen to thank for giving us the God-Man title.

I anticipated that you might ask that. That’s why I decided to look at a NT passage in post #133 where there is no question that the text is speaking about Jesus. There is no reason other than theological for “me” to be capitalized. Neither the Greek manuscripts nor the context necessitates it...

Let’s look at a New Testament example - John 14:1. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.” (KJV) Should “me” be capitalized? Is it a bias if it is? If it isn’t? Translations that capitalize: KJ21, AMP, AMPC, DLNT, HCSB, MEV, NASB95, NKJV, NLV, RGT, TLV, VOICE...

It is capitalized in some translations, not capitalized in other translations (ex. ASV, CJB, CEV, ERV, EXB, ICB, ISV, MEV, NCV, NIRV, NIV, NIVUK, NLT, VOICE). There are no upper case or lower case letters in Hebrew. Are translators who refrain from capitalizing in Psalm 2:12 showing a bias?

Just for fun, if anyone is wondering after reading Dr. Young’s comment on John 8:58 in post #128 - “Jesus said to them, ‘Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham’s coming, I am;’” (John 8:58, YLT) Inserting his commentary on John 8:58, “I am he [the promised Messiah].”

“‘I am he’ is a claim to be the Messiah and implies neither divinity nor preexistence: ‘Before Abraham’s coming, I am he,’ that is, the promised Messiah. The simple phrase ‘I am’ is used by Jesus 15 times, and in every case (but the present, John 8:58) it is rendered in the Common Version ‘I am...

You have. Listen again to Jesus. He speaks that way. Listen to Jesus from a Hebraic perspective.

So it sounds like you’re a satisfied customer with both the NASB95 and the mystery version I compared it with for Luke 22:70. Have I understood you correctly? Be careful. “I tell you, he’s the devil, Heine.” - Captain von Stolberg, The Enemy Below I think the statement is a plain way of...

As with most Bible reading plans, this one may be used with any translation the reader desires to use. Yesterday’s readings following the plan were: 1 Chronicles 11; Ezekiel 24; Luke 21. Today’s readings following the plan is: 1 Chronicles 12; Ezekiel 25; Luke 22. Tomorrow’s readings...

Sometimes humor is used to make the point. For example,

One of my trinitarian professor’s used to say “Theology is a mine field.” He’s right. It is. I think my version is a little more eye-catching, but his is dramatic too. The point is made either way.

We’re right back where we started. We can examine any passage of scripture to see which applies where and to whom, or we can talk about something else.

What I invited you to do is select one of your own choosing and we could examine it together. Adoni occurs 195 times in the OT and I provided a complete list of every occurrence. It is a title which is never used in scripture in reference to Yahweh. Adon, on the other hand, is a root word, and...

I call dibs on the name.

Theology is the devil’s playground.