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      • Thomson's Translation of the Bible is a direct translation of the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament into English, rare for its time. It took Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1789 and a Founding Father of the United States, 19 years to complete, and was originally published in 1808.
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  2. Oct 31, 2023 · There are two main translation philosophies used to convert ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into modern English: Formal Equivalence (Word-for-Word): Strives to preserve the original word order, meaning, and sentence structure as much as possible in the receptor language. Often very literal but can be wooden or awkward in English.

  3. Thomson's Translation of the Bible is a direct translation of the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament into English, rare for its time. It took Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1789 and a Founding Father of the United States, 19 years to complete, and was originally published in 1808. History

  4. Feb 20, 2024 · By the way, Bible Gateway is a free online source for a lot of different versions of the Bible. Bible. Date. Sources. King James Version (KJV) 1611, 1679. Masoretic Text, Textus Receptus, Tyndale New Testament, Erasmus Manuscripts. New International Version (NIV) 1978, 1984, 2011.

  5. Dec 4, 2017 · More or less, this is a so-called 'literal' translation. Exept that it isn't even English in certain places (e.g. "thy will of yours"). On the site itself, it cites the Greek word corresponding to its translation in the text. Here is the Greek for the prayer from Matthew 6, 1 followed by how I would 'literally' translate them. I've bolded the ...

  6. Answer: First, Jesus probably didn’t teach the Our Father in Greek (the language we have the Gospels in) but in Aramaic, so any English version is a translation of a translation. Second, you can’t always translate word for word because the results would be awkward or even unintelligible.

  7. Mar 25, 2024 · The term 'Father' in the Bible is translated from the Hebrew term 'ab' in the Old Testament and the Greek word 'patēr' in the New Testament. 'Ab' and 'patēr' denote more than a biological relationship – they represent a figure of authority, respect, guidance, and provider, among other roles.