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1 | Latin Bible preserved scripture | 1 Pet 1:25 | EdB | 243561 | ||
Much is said about Bible translations and bringing the Bible into the language of the people. However God had a plan. Translation is as much an art as a skill. Word for word translations coming from Hebrew or even Greek in many cases are simply impossible. Often the Hebrew or Greek word means far more than any single English word can accurately represent. Also at the time many point to a birth of common language translations, many people that spoke only the common language were illiterate and unable to read or write their common language. So having something they could read was nearly useless to them. Many find this hard to believe but stats today say 14 percent of Americans are functionally illiterate and that a full 70 percent of those in prison are unable to read or write anything above the most basic levels. If our stats are so bad imagine the rest of the world, actually the world average reflects our stats but there are countries which have rates a low as only 19 percent. The educated people of say the 1500’s that could read and write were trained in Latin which also happened to be a language which based on Greek was almost a word for word translation. I believe God plan it this way to preserve His Word until the people trained in the science of translation were able to do so. However since Latin is what many call a dead “language†it is no longer taught in schools, which is a shame. I think if it was there would be less misunderstanding (differing interpretations) of what scripture is saying. Incidentally many of the Hebrew words spoken at the time of the Pentateuch have been forever lost. My understanding is when Israel left Egypt they had to reinvent part of the Hebrew dialect. I’m told by experts in most cases they were right on or very close but in other cases no one knows for sure. |
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