Kol Echad presents What Do You Mean, There Are Errors In The Bible?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 8PM
Halpern Center, 4381 Beech Haven Trail, Smyrna (off 285/Atlanta Rd)
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What Do You Mean, There Are Errors In The Bible?
Well, not in the Bible itself, but certainly in many of the
translations that have become part of our Jewish lives. They have
"screwed up" our understanding of the Bible -- and maybe even of
Judaism itself.
This is a long-distance Skype class with scholar and author Joel
Hoffman, based on his new book. And God Said: How Translations
Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning.
Learn what the Bible really says.
And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning
by Joel Hoffman is "An authoritative account of significant
mistranslations in the Bible -- and how new methods give readers
their first glimpse into what the Bible really means." And God Said
"uncovers the often inaccurate or misleading English translations
of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament that quotes from it.
Sometimes the familiar English is just misleading. Other times,
the mistakes are more substantial. But the errors are widespread,
including:
- What's wrong with the Ten Commandments (starting with the word
"commandments")
- The mistaken description of a "virgin" birth
- The surprisingly modern message in the Song of Solomon
Hoffman sheds light on the original intention of the text, uniting
the topics of religion, language, and linguistics to offer the
first modern understanding since the Bible was written.
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