John Dyer has created the online Greek and Hebrew Reader’s Bible, and it is rather impressive. For Mac users, change the Hebrew font to something like “Lucida Grande” or “New Peninim MT” and the vowels will appear closer to the correct location. If you want to print it out, copy and paste the text into…
Category: bible
does satan exist?
For some perverse reason I watched (via the internet) some of the “Face-Off” debate from the US ABC network addressing the question “does Satan exist?” I’m sure these things are staged just to annoy me, and it certainly did its job! Particularly annoying was Deepak Chopra. Pretty much whenever he said anything about the Bible…
should english bible translations transliterate God’s name?
Prompted by this discussion at Better Bibles Blog, I think there is one important side to the debate which is often overlooked. First some brief background. I’ve always been somewhat fond of versions which render יהוה by Yahweh or something similar, partly because it makes better sense in many places to actually use a name…
does the Bible mandate corporal punishment in child-rearing?
The book of Proverbs is often used, it would seem, to justify the claim that a true Christian approach to raising children must invariably include the use of corporal punishment (see, for example, Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13–14; 29:15). Partly because I keep running into this argument, I thought I’d post a few comments and observations…
another model of herod’s temple?
OK, it’s not really complete. But, as I said, Lego is the way to go here, so here’s a starter for anyone interested, including a Lego Jesus (only one type, unlike the 32 versions available in the model referred to in the previous post). Next is a Lego version of the Tower of Babel for…
model of herod’s temple
The UK Telegraph has some photos of a very elaborate model of Herod’s Temple which are worth a look just because of the detail and work involved. The next step is to produce a lego version (actually, a CGI version that we could walk through would also be nice)! It includes 32 versions of Jesus…
reviews of The End of Wisdom
There have been a few reviews of The End of Wisdom to date, and so I’m going to take this opportunity to make a few comments about them (to see some of them you can click on the book to the right to go to Eisenbraun’s page which includes some extacts). First, a couple of…
a foreignising translation of genesis 1: part IV
Well, at last it is time to finish the remainder of Genesis 1. I’m sure there remains much room for improvement, so I’m still open to any and all suggestions. I’m also aware that there are parts of the text which remain susceptible to inappropriate domestication, so this is in no way intended to be…
a foreignising translation of genesis 1, part III
It’s been too long since the last installment in this series, partly due to holidays, partly due to internet problems, and partly due to being too busy, but here come the next two days of Genesis 1 at last. Then God said, “Let the waters under the sky be collected to one place so that…
a foreignising translation of genesis 1, part II
For background information, read the previous post. This translation is by no means final—it is very much a first draft with notes highlighting areas which I consider remain inadequate. Consequently I’ll be very pleased to consider any suggestions for improvement which I will gladly incorporate! I begin with the first two days. Obviously there is…