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Old Testament: Hebrew or Septuagint (LXX)?

So, you have survived Greek. You have even mastered the 300 uses of “kai”. Now, you think to yourself, “Self, why should I learn Hebrew? After all, there is a perfectly good Greek translation of the Old Testament called the Septuagint (LXX).” On the surface this looks like good thinking, or [...]

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2008 04 10 CTS
Christianity
Old Testament
Seminary
scripture Comments (2)

Why Should I Learn Hebrew?

Why Hebrew? It is a well known fact that Hebrew is the “dead” language of the Old Testament. All that backward writing, peculiar scribbling, odd sounding stuff is out of date and fashion since Christ became flesh to dwell among us. What is the point and purpose of the painful effort to absorb an ancient [...]

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2008 04 07 CTS
Old Testament
Seminary
scripture Comments (5)