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To: Creationist
Have you ever read the Ferror Fenton translation of the Bible. He read the New Testament for 40 years in Greek to get the feel of the language, then he translated the Greek into English. He did much the same thing with the Old Testatment and the original language it was written in.

Gen 1 By Periods* God created that which produced the Solar Systems; then that which produced the Earth. 2 But the Earth was unorganised and empty; and darkness covered its convulsed surface; while the breath of God rocked the surface of its waters. 3 God then said, "Let there be light;" and light came. 4 And God gazed upon that beautiful light; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And to the light God gave name of Day, and to the darkness He gave the name of Night. This was the close and the dawn of the first age.

*Literally "By Headships." It is curious that all translators from the Septugint have rendered this word, B'reshith, into the singular, although it is plural in the Hebrew. So I rendered it accurately. --F.F.

26 posted on 12/31/2007 9:52:13 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: shield

The old testament is original in the Hebrew, so the Greek is a translation then another translation. I only adhere to the Hebrew text and it does not give rise to ages.


28 posted on 12/31/2007 11:04:37 PM PST by Creationist ( Evolution is a faith based science with no proof. Scientist are the prophets, teachers the preacher)
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To: shield

Who is this Ferrar Fenton? Did he hold hold a job, have friends, wife and kids?


45 posted on 01/01/2008 5:29:10 PM PST by Daffy
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