At 11:25 01.12.00 +0000, Charles Read wrote:
>...
>We need to bear in mind that English translations are not always very
>helpful and we need to ask what the Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek original
>meant / implied.
À propos de... anyone on this list happening to know an URL where to access
the H/A and G versions on the WWW?
>...
>so to say God is a jealous God in Exodus may not have meant quite what it
>sounds like at first hearing to us today.
Yes, but various (mis-?) interpretations would be part of dealing with the
history of any text's reception, nevertheless.
Best,
Heike
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