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And you selectively translate one theos (theon in the accusative) as God and the other as god.
Seems like a blind spot here!
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Michael,
Please share with us the names of the translators of the New World Translation and their linguistic qualifications in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
Oz
Please share with us the names of the translators of the New World Translation and their linguistic qualifications in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic.
Oz
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This is basically a Lexicon, Great if you read Greek fluently, as to understand how they structure their language in a sentence.
As you can see, it is not easy to make some sense reading it from an English standpoint!
Understanding any language, one need's to know what the Vowel pointing's represent, weather Masculine or Feminine, past tense, present tense.
They are good for some part in study, but without a real grip on the Language, we can be limited!
Yes, I am aware that Jehovah's Witnesses accept the kjv as authoritative; which is why I suggested you get one so we could compare notes more easily.
The first thing in the kjv that I would bring up to a JW is Psalms 50:1 in light of Isaiah 9:6; since the LORD is usually translated "Jehovah" in the NeWT and in that, it appears that the mighty God is Jehovah (Psalms 50:1) and that therefore the son that was given (in Isaiah 9:6) is Jehovah since He is given the name "The mighty God."
The first thing in the kjv that I would bring up to a JW is Psalms 50:1 in light of Isaiah 9:6; since the LORD is usually translated "Jehovah" in the NeWT and in that, it appears that the mighty God is Jehovah (Psalms 50:1) and that therefore the son that was given (in Isaiah 9:6) is Jehovah since He is given the name "The mighty God."
@OzSpen,
Michael is only seventeen years of age and searching right now. Please go easy on him, as he has had some bad experiences with Christians.
Love in Christ,
justbyfaith.
Michael is only seventeen years of age and searching right now. Please go easy on him, as he has had some bad experiences with Christians.
Love in Christ,
justbyfaith.
hehe you think i am actually that high on the Watch Tower Cooperate ladder i am unbaptized.
Authority is something like the power someone has in their directive words because they are someone of importance. But to say that the scriptures are authoritative means that they have authority because the Author of them is of more importance than anyone else in the Universe.
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this is the only info i know on The NWT. -https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/jehovahs-will/new-world-translation/
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witn...9-93d8b8a58338&insight[search_result_index]=0
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witn...9-93d8b8a58338&insight[search_result_index]=0
from second link weird they take out verses
From the Second link
"Missing books. In their Bibles, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches include books known by some as the Apocrypha. However, those books were not accepted into the Jewish canon, and it is noteworthy that the Bible says that the Jews were the ones who were “entrusted with the sacred pronouncements of God.” (Romans 3:1, 2) Thus, the New World Translation and many other modern Bible translations rightly exclude the books of the Apocrypha.
Missing verses. Some translations add verses and phrases that are not in the oldest available Bible manuscripts, but the New World Translation excludes such added material. Many modern translations either omit those later additions or acknowledge that those additions lack support from the most authoritative sources. *"
From the Second link
"Missing books. In their Bibles, the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches include books known by some as the Apocrypha. However, those books were not accepted into the Jewish canon, and it is noteworthy that the Bible says that the Jews were the ones who were “entrusted with the sacred pronouncements of God.” (Romans 3:1, 2) Thus, the New World Translation and many other modern Bible translations rightly exclude the books of the Apocrypha.
Missing verses. Some translations add verses and phrases that are not in the oldest available Bible manuscripts, but the New World Translation excludes such added material. Many modern translations either omit those later additions or acknowledge that those additions lack support from the most authoritative sources. *"
It is honestly all Greek to me. I really don't attempt it even though I want to learn Hebrew. If I had to pick one hard language to understand better, it would be Hebrew...
But New World Translation is definitely different then King James...a lot of the verses read with different meaning.
Also, the Canon of how the early church put the Bible together is an amazing study. This link at the bottom is good, but I wanted to point out this portion of it as to why I am leery of the New World Translation:
God’s wisdom anticipated the tendency towards corruption of his message, and he issued warnings against those who would “corrupt the Word of God” (2 Cor. 2:12). The same warning was given to those who “pervert the gospel” (Gal. 1:7). Any tendency toward heresy was also condemned by God, apostasy being that which took away from God’s message. God warned in the Old Testament not to add to his Word (Prov. 30:6)
New World Translation is very misleading to the Truth as you saw from John 1:3 that Jesus is Creator God. Not a creation of God.
Books of the Bible - How They Were Chosen as Canon
But New World Translation is definitely different then King James...a lot of the verses read with different meaning.
Also, the Canon of how the early church put the Bible together is an amazing study. This link at the bottom is good, but I wanted to point out this portion of it as to why I am leery of the New World Translation:
God’s wisdom anticipated the tendency towards corruption of his message, and he issued warnings against those who would “corrupt the Word of God” (2 Cor. 2:12). The same warning was given to those who “pervert the gospel” (Gal. 1:7). Any tendency toward heresy was also condemned by God, apostasy being that which took away from God’s message. God warned in the Old Testament not to add to his Word (Prov. 30:6)
New World Translation is very misleading to the Truth as you saw from John 1:3 that Jesus is Creator God. Not a creation of God.
Books of the Bible - How They Were Chosen as Canon
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Oh sorry. And it is 3 not 8. It is in reference to another thread we talked about this in... Let me find it for you...
This is the link we talked about in the thread "what is the point anymore"
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...-to-a-jehovahs-witness-that-jesus-is-god/?amp
TheHolyBookEnds
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i don't think we use it but we do allow use of it so i guess it's like a "Approved Bible" but not official for the jw.
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