Let’s Talk About the Bible, The Books of the Old Testament, The Septuagint and its Apocrypha, Masoretic Text of the Old Testament, and Lost Books of the Bible, and Let’s Talk About the New Testament, The New Testament Canon From the Beginning, English Versions of the Bible and How ...
not at all redolent of sparse, economical Old English, but a cross between literally translated modern German and a makeshift, clattering pseudo-Middle English with modernized spelling and anachronistic “esquires” and “knights.” Yes, Tolkien knew that the root of “knight” was “cniht,” O...
(Palmyra.) So blindly enthusiastic was Harris, that he took some of the characters interpreted by Smith, and went in search of some one, besides the interpreter, who was learned enough toEnglishthem; but to all whom he applied (among the number was Professor Mitchell, of New York,) ...
said to meanCable tow.All which they believe is proven by profane history -- thus supporting the authenticity of the new revelation. But why the Deity should predict events, the knowledge of which would be so useful to the human race, merely to hide them in the earth until after their ...
His life made a living hell, the co‐author of the first English Bible eventually disappeared into the mists of history and died unknown. But the fury of the Church ...
In understanding the original Hebrew, an English translator can use the Septuagint to see what Greek word was used in that translation. This process would be to revert back to the original version. The Septuagint would have provided a translation closer in time to the original text. F. ...
The solemn style of the Book of Mormon, in imitation of the English Scriptures, does not appear in the manuscript. The only resemblance is in the fact that both profess to set forth the history of lost tribes. Some other explanation of the origin of the Book of Mormon must be found, ...
This he has translated from the Egyptian reformed language to English, by a pair of stone spectacles (provided by an angel) and a dark hat before his eyes. The books have been printed, and J. S. and Mr. N_s are engaged in peddling the same. The society are increasing. Eighteen have...
He therefore devoted the leisure of three years to the preparation of the work, which was written in the quaint style of language to be found in King James' authorized version of the English scriptures. In order to give it the antique character claimed for it, it was entitled the Manuscri...
English language - Old English, Middle English, Modern English: Among highlights in the history of the English language, the following stand out most clearly: the settlement in Britain of Jutes, Saxons, and Angles in the 5th and 6th centuries; the arriva