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|    Re: Ravens or Arabs? 1 Kings tanslation     |
|    01 Sep 18 18:01:01    |
      >>>>> But my question isn't regarding his commentary       >>>>> though, it's regarding the translation of       >>>>> "Ravens." Nearly everyone readily admits that       >>>>> it's an uneasy fit, this "unclean" animal is       >>>>> actually denounced as an "Abomination" in       >>>>> modern translations of Leviticus,       >>       >>> They are not denounced as an abomination in Leviticus, what it states is       >>> that they are unclean so they are not kosher to eat.       >>       >> Hmmm... unclean...       >       >Camels, horses, and dogs are unclean, they are not considered abominations.       >       >>       >>       >>> In the bible, unlike       >>> today in literature the raven is quite favorably viewed.       >>       >> "Unclean" is favorable?       >>       >> No. I stand with those who note that it makes far more       >> sense to read it as "Arabs" instead of "Ravens."       >       >Genesis 8:7       >To test whether the water subsided, Noah released a raven       >       >"and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the       >earth."       >       >does not sound like an Arab to me could do this, what did he have a long       >range helicopter.              One fact refutes this "arab" theory, the languages had not yet seperated at       the babel event in Genesus.              "Arab" is a language, the Abraham event thought to indicate the start of       what were to become "arabs" as residents of arabia had yet to happen also.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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