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Gospel of Thomas Log.13 - three words in Coptic or Greek or something else?
Referring to the (non-canonical/tertiary) Gospel of Thomas Log 13.6 (or 83.8):-
He spoke three words to him. (Brill, 1959).
https://www.gospel-thomas.net/keywords/Lnn_all.htm#L013
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Idiom and simile in Gen 3:19: בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל
Genesis 3:19
**בְּזֵעַ֤ת אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ תֹּ֣אכַל לֶ֔חֶם עַ֤ד שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כִּ֥י מִמֶּ֖נָּה לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ כִּֽי־עָפָ֣ר אַ֔תָּה
וְאֶל־עָפָ֖ר תָּשֽׁוּב׃
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Are there any passages in the OT where the grammar is simplified to help children learn to read and write? (and speak!)
This is about both the Ancient Hebrew and the Septuagint, across the widest area and the longest timespan.
I'm terribly underpowered in anything to do with history, but I know that archaeology ...
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Why do different English translations differ on Job 30:28?
I notice that Job 30:28 shows significant variation across English translations:
ESV: “I go about darkened, but not by the sun…”
CSB: “I walk about blackened, but not by the sun…”
NKJV: “I go about ...
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(Psalm 113:1-3) Are we "slaves" in awe? From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised [with awe] by slaves?
Does the word servants/slaves עַבְדֵ֣י (‘aḇ·ḏê) in these verses imply that God's people are "reverent servants" or "awed slaves"?
I personally do not feel "coerced" in a ...
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Is ἐπιούσιον the only neologism in the gospel? And is there any p/d list of neologisms in the NT? And the LXX?
(neologisms are only a subset of hapax-legomena but it seemed the best tag)
Apologies if I've misDuckDuckGo'd this, or should find out for myself with a Lexicon and a biro.
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