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1 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | Hank | 199818 | ||
My name is Hank. It does not profane my name or show me any disrespect to call me Hank, complete with the vowel a. Nor does it show any respect for me, my age (72), or anything else to write my name as Hnk, omitting the vowel a. ...... Now, if I were writing in German to a German speaking Forum, I would use the German appellation for the first person of the trinity, which is Gott. If this were a French speaking Forum, I'd use Dieu. But since SBF is designed for speakers of English, I usually refer to the Father as God, to the Son as Jesus or Christ, and to the third person of the trinity as the Holy Spirit. ...... I see nothing at all to commend the general and habitual usage of foreign-language terms for any member of the trinity in everyday communication on this Forum, unless one who is qualified to do so is explaining something of didactic value about the meaning and significance of underlying Hebrew or Greek words supporting an English translation. Otherwise, in my judgment, the practice does nothing to instruct or unite us as members of the body of Christ. Its didactic value is practically non-existent. I am expressly unaware that to write God as G-d or Lord as Lrd has any effect at all on whether I profance His name. I can profane His holy name in a thousand ways in my life, and so can anyone else, and none of them has anything whatever to do with whether I write His name as God or G-d! ..... This web site comes to us through the kind provision of the Lockman Foundation, translators and publishers of the New American Standard Bible (NASB), which for years now has been held in exceptionally high regard by scholars and commoners like me. We are told on good authority that it is one of the most literally accurate translations of Scripture in modern English. I submit to readers of this Forum that the nomenclature for members of the trinity throughout this fine translation is as good as we're likely to find and therefore worthy of emulation. We need not spend our time searching for esoteric names for the trinity. The seasoned and dedicated scholars who gave us the NASB did not translate Genesis 1:1 as "In the beginning Abba (or G-d or Adonai) created the heavens and the earth." They say "In the beginning God..." and, my friends -- since most of us speak and write English, not Hebrew or Greek or German or French or Urdu -- so should we. I love and worship God and His Christ just as much when I call Him God and His Son Jesus as I possibly could should I insist upon always calling the Father Abba or Adonai and His Son Jeshua or Yashua. My object in speaking about Jesus is to communicate as clearly as I can with my English-speaking audience, whether one person or many, not to confuse them with foreign terms that are likely strange and unintelligible to them. I'm just not much good at, or in favor of, speaking in an unknown tongue. ..... This is an English-language Forum. It behooves all of us to write English, and write it as well and as lucidly as we possibly can. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | skccab | 199830 | ||
Hank, My previous post to yours, is not a screaming okay. I usually don't write the whole word out, I just use the letters (capitalized). You say it's an English-speaking Forum, that's all good and fine. But if you folks can say Alpha and Omega (which is not English), then why can I not say Alef and Tov? You guys say Christ (again, not English), so why can't I say Messiah? Y'all also use a lot of other latin terms and phrases - so where's the difference if I try to put a little bit of Hebrew back into Christianity? After all, our Master is not Latin, or Greek, or English. He's Hebrew, He's Israeli, He's Jewish, and nothing in the world is ever going to change that. If I've offended you folks in any way, please accept my apologies, that has never been my intention. If you guys want me to quit posting here, I will - with a broken heart, but I'll do it. The Father has put a fire in my heart for His people, His language, His land and His Holy Word and that's it. I have no other words right now.... Cheri |
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3 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199831 | ||
Dear Cheri, Where'd you get the idea that Hebrew is God's language? If any be His, you'd have to say it'd be the one that was spoken in the garden, before language was confused at the tower of Babble! Gen 11:9 Sorry Cheri, but it seems a bit superstitious. I'm not offended at all by the way, but I have to agree with Hank, your lingo may indeed confuse, really Sister Cheri, nonconformity is not good for the Body as a whole. You know I care deeply for you my Sister, please know my heart. You may talk any way you want to me personally, if fact you can e me and chew on me all you want! But please, here at the forum, in view of all, lets try to be all on the same page, OK? You have to admit My dear Sister Cheri, that it sure has caused a stir! And some may fear I think, you are trying to become a Jew. I'm not saying you are at all but it may have that aperence and thats not so good. Gal 2:12 God bless John |
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4 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | BMyers | 199833 | ||
My Grandma will tell you excatly what language Jesus spoke, Old English (KJV)! :) ("Good enough for Paul, good enough for the rest of us.") |
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5 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199835 | ||
Amen Mr. B Actually, though, didn't Paul, mostly speak and preach in Greek? As did, John Mark, Dr. Luke and John, for that mater? :-) And I may be wrong but, didn't our lord speak Aramaic too as well as Hebrew? It all seems kinda silly really, to put Him in a box and say He is this nationality or that. He is really none of those thing's and He is all of those thing's! He's really so much bigger than that isn't He. |
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6 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | DocTrinsograce | 199837 | ||
I believe Brad was simply jesting, Brother John. | ||||||
7 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199838 | ||
Maybe my reply didn't reflect it but I assumed he was. :-) Thanks Doc |
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8 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | BMyers | 199839 | ||
You mean He didn't speak Old English? My grandma will be soooo disappointed! (Yes, I'm joking. I think God has a great sense of humor, look he made me!) Brad |
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9 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199841 | ||
That is pretty funny isn't it! Sorry..... I couldn't resist! :-) |
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