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Originally Posted by Evangelical
This is not about the Recovery, Nee, or Lee, though it must be a convenient crutch for you to lean on to avoid the real heart of the matter. The discussion has moved past that. This is about whether our English bible translations are correct or not. That's the real issue here. And if they are incorrect, as Jane, Nell et al are implying, if it really is a "lemon tree" producing so many lemons, then it casts doubt on God's ability to preserve His Word and the integrity of those who are pillars in the protestant faith -Calvin, Luther etc. Then how many other matters are incorrect translations?
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Evangelical,
You should consider the possibility that Jane's book
IS God moving to preserve His Word. You should also consider that the "pillars" you speak so highly of, were they alive today, might have no problem with Jane's book and might even appreciate her efforts to insure the accuracy of the translations, and join her in her efforts.
You should consider that Calvin and Luther, et al, may care more for the accuracy of the translations of God's Word than for their own centuries old "commentaries." The integrity of these men, given their stature, would likely cause them to rejoice to see the recorded translation of God's Holy Word be reviewed by men and women Hebrew scholars, and corrected if/when appropriate.
Did you know, according to Katharine Bushnell, that when the Hebrew scribes would make a copy (in Hebrew) of the original transcripts, if they came across a word that was crossed out and rewritten (for whatever reason) since they couldn't backspace/correct, they would write the stricken word, cross it out, and write the corrected word, exactly as they found the original? They were diligent to be faithful to the original and not make an assumption on their own. I would imagine Calvin and Luther have this same desire to be faithful to God's word and accuracy is more important than ego...either theirs or yours.
Getting it right is important...more important than the possibility of male gender bias prevailing in misrepresenting God, God's Word and His Nature, the ministry of Paul, and most of all, subjugation of half of the Body of Christ.
You're applying your own prejudices to Calvin and Luther, et al, and assuming that they think the way you do. I doubt that. Taking another look is not such a bad thing, is it?
Nell
BTW, it's 8 verses. Eight. E*I*G*H*T. Not a whole tree full of lemons.