21 Apr 2008, 11:20 pm
Yeah that makes since but don't you think the translation are a little loooooong?
Not to mention the other posts you've done on this thread are kind of loooooong to really look at.
Linguistics...that's a good one for discussion. 
*may have a double meaning.*
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21 Apr 2008, 11:29 pm
I mean, even though the topic heading says "Bible" rather than "Linguistics" . . .
If you wish to and you have multiple translations of the basic item to compare the translated items, then please do and ask any questions you like about it. The Bible is a fairly common and basic item which has been translated into thousands of languages by many people in the last 1700 years +. It is a resource that is readily available and universally accessible today, except in North Korea...
21 Apr 2008, 11:32 pm
Are you sure about North Korea? 
21 Apr 2008, 11:40 pm
Have you looked at the differences between the Hebrew and English translations of some of the Psalms?
For example, Psalm 37 has some very interesting discrepancies which completely obscure the original meaning or intent, because many Hebrew and Aramaic words have several distinct meanings.
These translation issues were also how it came to be said that Moses (and later, Jews) had horns - it was a mistranslation of the word keren, which can mean ray, radiant, shine, horn, pride or power.
The word "horns" was chosen, but the intent was actually "rays", since Moses was being described as have rays coming forth from his head.
That is my lecture for this evening.
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21 Apr 2008, 11:52 pm
For example, Psalm 37 has some very interesting discrepancies which completely obscure the original meaning or intent, because many Hebrew and Aramaic words have several distinct meanings.
These translation issues were also how it came to be said that Moses (and later, Jews) had horns - it was a mistranslation of the word keren, which can mean ray, radiant, shine, horn, pride or power.
The word "horns" was chosen, but the intent was actually "rays", since Moses was being described as have rays coming forth from his head.
That is my lecture for this evening.
Keren should have been lucem (or another form of luc/x-, which I'm not qualified to say exactly.)
Michelangelo's Moses had horns, but I imagine it would have been more difficult to sculpt luminosity...
21 Apr 2008, 11:57 pm
Luminosity would be an impractical thing to sculpt unless one would use the term as a metaphor.
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22 Apr 2008, 12:02 am
That would then turn realism into abstraction...
Could alway use some phosphorescent paint...
22 Apr 2008, 12:08 am
Yet one's perception could imply abstraction into realism, therefore turning their dream into a work of art. 
22 Apr 2008, 12:11 am
Take your time. 
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22 Apr 2008, 12:13 am
There is something that weirds out this picture, what is it?
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