... fined for it. Therefore, the torah communicates that although the fetus is not a full human life, the death of one should not be taken lightly. The above is the Jewish translation of the text. However the Greek translation of this text in the Septuagint that is immensely different from the Jewish one. The change sprouts from a difference in the ... translation of the Hebrew word "ason." The Jewish translation interprets "ason" to mean, "damage to the mother." Therefore if there is any damage to the mother, besides the miscarriage, then the man pays a life for a life ... . The Greek tran...

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... fined for it. Therefore, the torah communicates that although the fetus is not a full human life, the death of one should not be taken lightly. The above is the Jewish translation of the text. However the Greek translation of this text in the Septuagint that is immensely different from the Jewish one. The change sprouts from a difference in the ... translation of the Hebrew word "ason." The Jewish translation interprets "ason" to mean, "damage to the mother." Therefore if there is any damage to the mother, besides the miscarriage, then the man pays a life for a life ... . The Greek tran...

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... concerns the Jewish view of God, I am including all 13 principles, which will give you the big picture. Here they are as they are found in most prayer books (this translation is taken from the Complete Artscroll Siddur) 1) I believe with complete faith that the Creator, Blessed is His Name, creates and guides all creatures, and that He alone made, makes, and ... ' Principles - The Fundamentals of Jewish Faith" by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan (published by National Conference of Synagogue Youth). Also try, the Artscroll Stone Chumash (published by ArtScroll) which is an excellent translation of the...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... God's. God is just as concerned with the welfare of the environment as humans. While the Bible does say we should have dominion this is only one translation of the original Hebrew. The other translation is equal to responsibility. Therefore God states that we are to be responsible for the environment no control it. However, the articles mentioned above are only taking ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... God's. God is just as concerned with the welfare of the environment as humans. While the Bible does say we should have dominion this is only one translation of the original Hebrew. The other translation is equal to responsibility. Therefore God states that we are to be responsible for the environment no control it. However, the articles mentioned above are only taking ... ...

• Word Count: 670
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• Grade Level: High School

... was this monastery's founder, Jerome, who made an impact in the realm of spreading the word of the Christian faith when he wrote the Vulgate Bible. This bible was the translation of the Greek and Hebrew versions of the Bible into a Latin version. This seemingly minor achievement enabled the Christian Bible to be more user friendly to entire Roman Empire for ... ...

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... means a "calling out," a meeting or a gathering. Ekklesia is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "qahal," which means an assembly or a congregation. Neither ekklesia nor qahal means a building. Tyndale, in his translation, uniformly translated ekklesia as "congregation" and only used the word "churches" to translate Acts 19:37 for heathen temples. Our common dictionaries, however, are honest in revealing us to true ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... patriarchal ideologies. As we observe in the opening section regarding Judaism and its creation myths, we are first supplied with an excerpt from Tanakh, the Holy Scriptures: The New JPS Translation According to Traditional Hebrew of Genesis 1-3. Here, on several instances, the groundwork is laid for the patriarchal cause of the Abrahamic faiths in the story of Adam and Eve and ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... them, since the whole village is sharing their food, and taking care of the other's children. I have to admit I've had a hard time reading the book. I was frustrated by the translation. Sure, any language has its own subtleties, but I felt that this was a whole different thing, and understanding the nuances was pretty hard. Another problem is that I am a man. It's not ... ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School