John 1:1 and the Coptic Versions

ϨΝ ΤЄϨΟΥЄΙΤЄ ΝЄϤϢΟΟΠ ΝϬΙ ΠϢΑϪЄ ΑΥШ ΠϢΑϪЄ ΝЄϤϢΟΟΠ ΝΝΑϨΡΜ ΠΝΟΥΤЄ ΑΥШ ΝЄΥΝΟΥΤЄ ΠЄ ΠϢΑϪЄ -- John 1:1, Sahidic Coptic text. --- "In the beginning existed the Word, and the Word existed with the God, and a god was the word." -- Literal English translation

Monday, July 23, 2007

An Interesting Coptic Resource

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Coptic grammarian Bentley Layton has a new book, Coptic in 20 Lessons: Introduction to Sahidic Coptic With Exercises & Vocabularies (Pe...
Thursday, March 15, 2007

Trinitarian Apologists Still Muddying the Waters

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Trinitarian apologists still try to duck and weave and obfuscate in their attempts to deny the clear evidence of the Sahidic (and Bohairic) ...
Thursday, November 16, 2006

Trinitarian Modalist Translations

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Another attempt to explain away the clear evidence that is presented by Coptic John 1:1, "the Word was a god," goes like this: ...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

Translating The Indefinite Article at Coptic John 1:1c

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Some Trinitarian apologists are trying hard to make the Coptic text of John 1:1c support a qualitative meaning rather than an indefinite one...
Friday, October 13, 2006

Coptic John 1:1c and Trinitarian Apologists

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Recently, certain Trinitarian apologists have quoted Yale University's Dr. Bentley Layton in an attempt to deny that a correct translati...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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Coptic John 1:1c, Whose Theology? When I asked Dr. Ariel Shisha-Halevy, renowned Coptic scholar at Hebrew University in Israel, what a liter...
Sunday, October 08, 2006

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Coptic John 1:1c: Indefinite or Qualitative? Certain Trinitarian apologists attempt to argue for a qualitative meaning for Coptic John 1:1c,...
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