LINOKALAMHN

George Goolde goolde at mtnempire.net
Thu Oct 7 15:17:21 EDT 1999


Bart,

Given the reasons you gave, and the lack of compelling evidence as to 
whether flax was stalks alone, or was being prepared for one specific 
purpose or another, why not merely translate "flax" and let the reader 
interpret?

If you believe this is too obscure, why not transliterate (as in "baptism") 
and, again, let the reader interpret?

I guess what I am really saying is that if all the cognizant academes on 
this list don't really know what specifically it means, are we not forcing 
a point to try to accomplish a translation more specific than flax?  I do 
think our brother put it well:  The point of the passages is that Rahab hid 
the spies under some stuff!

Best,

George


George A. Goolde
Professor, Bible and Theology
Southern California Bible College & Seminary
El Cajon, California

goolde at mtnempire.net



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