So according to “The Companion Bible”, specifically this page https://levendwater.org/companion/append32.html we have a list of passages for which the name of God has been changed, possibly in the underlying masoretic text. I pass no judgement on this right now but I will list the passages here and I will go over them with a fine […]
Month: May 2020
Revising for Reading Level
For the future; an interesting concept is the reading level of the Bible. The RSV and KJV bibles are approximately Grade 12, as given by biblegateway.com and listed for convenience below: Mounce — 12+ (ages 17+) KJV — 12+ (ages 17+) RSV — 12+ (ages 17+) Geneva — 12+ (ages 17+) WEB — 12+ (ages 17+) NRSV — 11+ (ages 16+) NASB — 11+ […]
The Next Book Might Not Be Jonah
The next book will be Jonah? Scratch that. I might just go with Exodus. It’s longer, and vastly more complex, but also of an importance commensurate with it’s size and complexity over Jonah. I’m going to perform one final check of Genesis and then begin the next book. The reader is probably not as important […]
A conclusion over poetry blocks
It appears (finally) there are two different kinds of quote blocks used by the RSV and other bibles, as exemplified by Genesis 48 and 49. In Genesis 48 there is a “quote block” in which wrap and newlines return to the original indent. Then, in Genesis 49 there appears to be a “poetry block” which […]