A wordle gives you a visual representation of what a text is about by using size to show how frequently words appear in the text. Wordles for each chapter of And God Said will be available soon. In the meantime, here’s a representation of Chapter 3. (And by the way, the full Table of Contents [...]
Ten Commandments Translated Wrong, Claims Scholar New York, June 17 — The Ten Commandments don’t forbid coveting or killing, claims Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, a noted Bible scholar and linguist who has applied modern translation techniques to the Bible. Hoffman reports that the commandment commonly quoted as “thou shalt not covet” is more accurately translated [...]
From Amazon.com: “Joel Hoffman’s book, And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible’s Original Meaning, is just invaluable for in-depth study of the Bible…. Using linguistics (in a remarkably clear and non-intimidating way), Hoffman describes the different kinds of information conveyed by a Biblical text, and then works out the methodology by which one can [...]
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