In the first edition of his Greek version of the New Testament, Erasmus did not have a Greek Manuscript available for the last bit of Revelation. So he translated Revelation 22:16-21 from the Latin Vulgate into Greek. This obviously introduced errors. There is an interesting website called “Lost in Translation” which takes an English text, [...]
Entries from July 2006
July 26, 2006
Pursuing a Career of Holy Scholarship
It is a strange thing to pursue academics in the area of a sacred text. I am entering dangerous territory upon which many millions around the globe stake their entire belief system and worldview. Another issue is that I am studying the text which is normative for my own faith as a disciple of Jesus. [...]
July 17, 2006
The Baptism Hermeneutic
Anabaptism is no Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s not a household name and it isn’t the governor of California. You may not know what Anabaptism is, or you may know but don’t understand how it might affect biblical interpretation. For that reason, I feel that I should take a moment here and articulate how my understanding of [...]
