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Don Carson, fluent in French and English, found that he could make some points from the Louis Segond French version, but not from the King James Bible. And vice versa.
He decided to only make points which could be made from both versions.
If it makes you feel any better, my Hebrew is worse than yours Gordon :D
Also, I think might be more of an issue as more people get the 2011 edition of the NIV, which is then mixed with lots of the 1984 edition. The ‘84 version is everywhere and it’ll take decades for them to fall out of circulation even though they have stopped printing them.
Gordon
Good points. But my usual complaint with observations on these texts is the disregard for literary structural allusion. Genesis 1, Lev. 23 (Feasts), the Tabernacle and the Covenant Treaty structure are all parallel patterns. Psalm 11 is working its way through this “matrix.” Hence the “secret darkness” of Passover/firmament, the burning eyes of the Lampstand (Day 4) and the cup of Covenant sanctions at Atonement due to the broken oath. Revelation follows the same structure, hence the starry rulers in the centre and the harlot and cup towards the end. A lot of the Psalms use this structure. Without it, a lot of the Bible is like watching Shrek with no knowledge of nursery rhymes. Lemme know if you’d like a copy of my book which lays this out. Hebrew is helpful, but the Bible is an autostereogram. You often have to read it cross-eyed to get the full picture.
http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Matrix-Michael-Bull/dp/1449702635
Hi Gordon
Here’s what I mean by the structure. It is incredibly clever. And it is a fractal. There are seven verses, and each verse follows the same structure as the whole, the “there and back again” of the Covenant mission.
http://www.bullartistry.com.au/wp/2011/03/30/the-brimstone-cup-psalm-11/
Kind regards,
Mike
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