DOXA renders kabod

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Wed Apr 24 14:15:19 EDT 2002


on 4/24/02 10:51 AM, c stirling bartholomew wrote:

> 
>> on 4/24/02 8:14 AM, c stirling bartholomew wrote:
>> 
>>> DOXA translates the Hebrew kabod well over 300 times in the LXX. Kabod is
>>> one of the most common Hebrew terms used to describe a theophany, for
>>> example Isa 6:1-2:
>> 
>> This is misleading in two ways. DOXA translates the Hebrew words kbd & kbod
>> well over 300 times in the LXX. These Hebrew words have a wide semantic
>> range. They do appear in theophany contexts.
>> 
> 
> There is still a big big error here. 300 is off by an order of magnitude,
> more like 30 times  This proves that you should not do work with Accordance
> until after breakfast and your first strong cup of strong tea.
> 
 
Wrong again!!!

The new numbers are just in at somewhere about 170 occurrences. If this is
beginning to remind you of David Irving's numbers for the death toll from
the bombing of Dresden*, lets just say I am not having a good day.

Lexical comparisons between the MT & LXX are a little tricky to do with the
tools I have here. You need to pay attention to what you are about.

stay cool,

clay

--  
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062

*Lying about Hitler, Richard J. Evans, Basic Books, 2001.





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