Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Does Coptic John 1:18 contradict Coptic John 1:1?

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It is clear that Sahidic Coptic John 1:1 says that "the Word was a god." But it has been remarked that Coptic John 1:18 contradic...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Translating "the Word was a god," 1700 Years Ago

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As the early Christians continued to carry out Jesus’ command to preach to all nations, the good news or gospel had to be translated into ma...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Insight on Coptic John 1:1 from Acts 28:6

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Coptic Acts 28:6 (last part of verse): ou.noute : auktoou peJau Je ounoute pe Greek text: metabalomenoi elegon auton einai theon In the Gre...
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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...