Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Coptic John 1:1 -- Ambiguous?

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According to Dr. Jason D. BeDuhn, the Greek text of John 1:1 is, grammatically, not a difficult verse to translate. "It follows famili...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

ΝΟΥΤЄ (Noute), Π.ΝΟΥΤЄ (p.noute), ΟΥ.ΝΟΥΤЄ (ou.noute)

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The one verse, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 , illustrates the three uses of the Sahidic Coptic articles: the Coptic zero article, the Coptic definit...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

What's Athanasius Got to Do With It?

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Another of the basically irrelevant Trinitarian objections against translating the Sahidic Coptic of John 1:1c as "and the Word was a g...
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Friday, October 19, 2007

"Tertium non video"

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A little over a year ago a noted Coptic scholar commented to me about the different ways in which Sahidic Coptic John 1:1c could be rendered...
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: ...