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Where does one start with biblical studies?
>>593255
Richard Carrier
>>593255
By learning the original languages, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek.
>>593267
And Latin
Tumblr. Why? Because it's a breeding ground for fanfiction and headcanons. Once you've gotten a taste for that, you're ready to jump into studying the mother of them all... the holy bible.
>>593255
By buying King James Bible a real bible
>>593269
None of the books of the Bible were originally written in Latin.
>>593280
Studying the translation of the bible is part of biblical studies, and a shit load of commentary and theology is in latin.
>>593280
You forgot Paul went to Rome and put the bible in Latin and most Catholics mass are in latin
>tfw there literally are American "theologians" who don't understand a single word of Greek
To be honest it's mostly absolute crackpots like Gary North but still
>>593255
>Where does one start with biblical studies?
The same way you start with climate science. Nowhere, because the Bible is pretty relevant in the West that you cant approach it objectively.
>>593255
By reading the Bible.
>>593255
Enroll to Religious Studies program in a University, Learn Hebrew-Aramaic-Greek-Latin, Go for Masters and then PhD.
Or you can watch some pastor vidya on youtube.
>>593287
>things that never happened
>>593379
pic and filename made me smile
>>593262
Nice meme, budE
>>593282
And a shit load of garbage and awful translation is in Latin as well, often without any explanation whatsoever. Go look up the Vulgate, Genesis 2:25 and 3:1.
>erant autem uterque nudi Adam scilicet et uxor eius et non erubescebant
>sed et serpens erat callidior cunctis animantibus terrae quae fecerat Dominus Deus qui dixit ad mulierem cur praecepit vobis Deus ut non comederetis de omni ligno paradisi
No mention whatsoever that the same Hebrew word, Anglecized as "arum" is the active descriptor for both the nakedness of Adam and Eve and the cunning of the serpent, and holding a great deal of meaning for the themes of knowledge and responsibility that are at the core of the Eden story.
99% of translation, all translation, is utter crap. Nevermind the theological biases you'll get so that a Jewish Bible is markedly different from a Christian bible, and all the differences you get in the Christian bibles from sect to sect. Most of them can't even get basic grammar right.(It's usually worse with the OT for whatever reason)
Learn the original languages before you go meddling in translations. At the very least, it'll give you a way to spot-check the translations for bullshit, whether intentional or otherwise.
All these people saying to go learn a bunch languages which nobody speaks.
The best translation in the public domain is Rotherham's Emphasized Bible, it transcribes the Tetragrammaton in place if Jehovah or LORD.
Sir Lacelot Brenton's is the best translation of the Septuagint.
The Mechanical Translation is an online project that may shed light on the original thought behind the Hebrew of the Old Testament.
http://mechanical-translation.org/
There's also a translation of the Samaritan Pentateuch that's been published recently
http://www.amazon.com/Israelite-Samaritan-Version-Torah-Translation/dp/0802865194/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453571700&sr=1-1&keywords=samaritan+pentateuch
This site is useful for studying the Syriac Peshitta.
http://www.dukhrana.com/peshitta/
If you have an interest as to the exact meaning of a particular verse your best bet is to use lexicons, dictionaries and an interlinear bible to decipher the passage word for word.
>>593272
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