[B-Greek] Hebrews 1:1-2 EN

Jonathan Robie jwrobie at mindspring.com
Thu Dec 20 14:53:37 EST 2007


George F Somsel wrote:
> Are you truly sure that the instances of EN in Heb 1.1-2 are instrumental?  The author MAY have intended "through the persons of the prophets" or he may have intended "in the books of the prophets." 

In other words, there's no translation without making choices about what 
the original is most likely to mean, and there is often more than one 
reasonable choice. Making such choices is called interpretation. Ain't 
no translation without interpretation ...

Jonathan



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