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Eddie
Eddie asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 8 years ago

Why do Christians and scholars continue to perform exegesis of the Torah based off of translations?

The Hebrew Canon was written in Hebrew (a few passages in Aramaic) and subsequently translated hundreds of years later. Translations are always imperfect because of unique cultural connotations. Additionally, Hebrew is a multi-dimensional language - I..e. numerical values etc. Why would supposedly scholarly people continue to base their teachings and exegesis based off of imperfect translations?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You are a human with an opinion on the matter of God's word. It's not up for private interpretation.

  • Mkemke
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    meh whatever... the law of liberty rules over the royal law any day! (James 1 & 2)

  • Raine
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    They are working with what they have.

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