Technically,allBible translations mix the two approaches—no approach is purely word-for-word or purely thought-for-thought. Many Bibles tend toward one approach, but all fall somewhere in between the two extremes. Some Bible translations do make a special effort to evenly balance t...
The main reason that there are so many languages in the world is because different groups of humans are separated by long distances. Languages usually...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your tough...
I know, I know, seeing a Hebrew word is unsatisfying. ּּBut the true, “correct” spelling of the word is in Hebrew, and it’s het-nun-vav-kaf-heh. That’s actually the answer to why there are so many spellings.All the English variants are just approximations of a word which...
So it’s not that all hotels are removing Bibles altogether; many are just changing the way they provide Bibles in an effort to turn off the least amount of customers. The anti-Bible crowd There is also a pretty adamant anti-Bible crowd who do not want to see Bibles in hotel rooms or...
There is food, music, and dancing at the party. Many americans girl now have a sweet sixteen. This came from a Quinceanera and Americans borrowed it. Hispanic girls in America also do sweet sixteens, but they are exactly the same as Quinceanera. They still are mainly based around religion...
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Remarkably, if you go back 500 years, there were monks who used to write out Bibles, whose jobs disappeared when the printing press came along. But what we’re seeing now is a different speed and scale at which these jobs have been displaced by technology. We’re increasingly seeing more...
This paper argues that there are at least five reasons why the claim that the Bible is to be taken literally defies logic or otherwise makes no sense, and why literalists are in no position to claim that they have the only correct view of biblical teachings. First, many words are impreci...
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Have you ever noticed that hotel rooms always seem to have a bible located somewhere in the room? Why is that? Why are there bibles in hotel rooms? The short answer to this question is actually pretty obvious. There are bibles in hotel rooms because people take the initiative to put them...