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GREEK SCHOLARSHIP |
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Greek Scholarship??? The WT spells the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet as "HRO" instead of "RHO". See inside cover of the 1969 Kingdom Interlinear, & the 1971 Aid to Bible Understanding (p.696) -- so it's an issue of Greek scholarship, not a typing error! | The WT did figure it out by 1988. "Additionally, the Greek letter rho, transliterated r, always requires a "rough" breathing mark at the start of a word." (Insight vol.1, p.1010, Greek) | The correct spelling is "rho" as verified by any dictionary. It's the only Greek consonant that requires the rough breathing sound when the letter appears at the beginning of a word. BUT pronunciation & spelling are different matters. |
Greek
Scholarship??? In Rom 8:27, the WT translates "PHRONEMA" (MIND) as "MINDING" in the Kingdom Interlinear -- & as "MEANING" in the NWT. (CLICK here & scroll down ==> for their 'explanation'.) |
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Two vital questions on "Scholarship" are asked on page 277 of the 1985
publication, Reasoning
From The Scriptures,
under the title "NEW
WORLD TRANSLATION".
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Q1 - Raymond Franz (nephew of Fred Franz
the 4th WT President) answered this question in 1983 ! Raymond was
a member of the Governing Body for 9 years, & wrote
that Fred was the "PRINCIPLE
TRANSLATOR of the Society's New
World Translation". Raymond also wrote: "The New World Translation bears no translator's name & is presented as the anonymous work of the 'New World Translation Committee.' Other members of that Committee were Nathan Knorr, Albert Schroeder & George Gangas; Fred Franz, however, was the only one with sufficient knowledge of the Bible languages to attempt translation of this kind. He had studied Greek for two years in the University of Cincinnati but was only self-taught in Hebrew." (Crisis of Conscience, footnote, p.50) |
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Q2 was followed by this quote: "Since the
translators have chosen to remain anonymous, the question
cannot here be answered in terms of THEIR EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND.
The translation must be APPRAISED on its OWN
MERITS."
Translators are like Doctors. Some are
qualified. Some aren't. The vast majority of
Greek Scholars It sure makes you think. Should I rest MY ETERNAL DESTINY on an "anonymous", disputed-translation??? |
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Under the
title: "The New
World Translation -- Appreciated by Millions
Worldwide", the Nov
15/01 Watchtower magazine states: It took 12 years, 3 months, and 11 days of painstaking work. On March 13, 1960, however, the final segment of text for a new Bible translation was completed. It was called the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.... The first step toward filling this need was taken in October 1946 when Nathan H. Knorr, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, proposed the production of a new Bible translation. On December 2, 1947, the New World Bible Translation Committee set out to prepare a translation that would be faithful to the original text.... Even after 53 years (Dec 2/47 - Nov 15/01), the WT is still afraid to reveal the names of the NWBT committee! |
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The following INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GREEK SCHOLARS UNANIMOUSLY AGREE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON ! | ||
F.F. Bruce | The Letters of Paul, etc., etc. | |
J.N. Darby (Dy) | The 'Holy Scriptures' (English Bible); French Bible; German Bible; etc., etc. | |
Kittel / Friedrich | (Massive 10 volume) Theological Dictionary of the New Testament | |
A.T. Robertson | Word Pictures in the New Testament; A Grammar of the Greek New Testament | |
J. Strong | Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible | |
R.C. Trench | Synonyms of the New Testament | |
J.H. Thayer | Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament | |
M.R. Vincent | Word Studies in the New Testament | |
W.E. Vine | An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words | |
R. Young | Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible; Young's Analytical Concordance of the Bible | |
WT publications
FREQUENTLY quote & DEPEND on these scholars!
A search on the 1997 WT CD provides the
following results: |
GREEK FACTS |
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Note A: - Because
Greek is an inflected language, the spelling changes
for nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, participles,
& the definite article. Note B: - The Greek language does not have a word for the indefinite article "a". Note C: - Only conjunctives, prepositions, adverbs, particles, negatives, & infinitives do not change spelling. Note D: - Sometimes an "e" at the beginning of a Greek word indicates the past tense. Note E: - In Greek, CAPITAL LETTERS are relatively infrequent. They are used for: (a) proper nouns; (b) to mark the beginning of a paragraph; (c) at the beginning of direct speech; but not at the beginning of a sentence -- unless (a), (b), or (c) occurs. |
RESEARCH about: " THE > SPIRIT -- THE > HOLY (ONE) " | |||||
Is "The Holy Spirit" a
FORCE, or a
Sentient BEING
-- or BOTH ?
The
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society's
view on "The Holy Spirit" "
The Scriptures
themselves unite to show that WOW !!! ~ IF The Holy Spirit is just a force,
then I (& any truth-seeker) |
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I don't view my work as a THEOLOGICAL
DEBATE. There's no prize for the winner. This research is to help JWs think about their eternal destiny -- it's about you & God, not about me. If WT teaching is wrong, you are picking a fight with the most AWESOME BEING in the universe! The Holy Spirit has emotion (intellect & will) & can be INSULTED & OUTRAGED !!! Heb.10:26-31 warns: For if we practice sin willfully {or stubbornly, or mindlessly, or blindly, or foolishly} after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, 27 but [there is] a certain fearful expectation of judgment & [there is] a fiery jealousy that is going to consume those in opposition. 28 Any man that has disregarded the law of Moses dies without compassion, upon the testimony of two or three. 29 Of how much more severe a punishment, do YOU think, will the man be counted worthy who has trampled upon the Son of God & who has esteemed as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, & who has OUTRAGED THE SPIRIT of undeserved kindness with contempt? 30 For we know him that said: "Vengeance is mine; I will recompense"; & again: "Jehovah will judge his people." 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of [the] living God. |
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According to WT
opinion: |
According to Scripture: (Greek allos = another of the same kind -- not different-kind-heteros). |
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Therefore:
In other words, The Trinity is
alive & well. |
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Because of deliberate, consistent, repeated,
systematic emphasis, programming & reinforcement (a.k.a. re-education, conditioning, mind control, thought reform, brain washing), JWs automatically equate & substitute the Bible expression "The Holy Spirit" with the WT's phrase "Active Force", even though the "Active Force" phrase is a MISTRANSLATION & found only ONCE in their own Bible!!! See the NWT at Gen.1:2.
Click here
for more detail, & the
WT's 28 Meanings /
Senses / Interpretation-opinions for "ruach"
& "pneuma" ( spirit
). The Awesome PERSON &
the awesome POWER of The Holy Spirit
(throughout Scripture) The GIVER & the
GIFT -- in Acts 2:4 for example: |
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WT Basis for "FORCE" Concept |
My Response |
Scripture Basis for "PERSON" Concept |
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A | Absent Greek Definite Article 'the' | Fact, BUT... | A1 | Comparison Chart: - DEMON pneuma (spirit) | |
A2 | Demon-Pneuma-Spirits are Sentient Beings | ||||
A3 | ABSENT Greek 'the' = Awesome POWER | ||||
A4 | PRESENT Greek 'the' = Awesome PERSON | ||||
B | Pneuma = Neuter Gender noun | Fact, BUT... | B1 | Greek Nouns & Pronouns prove Awesome Person | |
C | holy spirit Associated with Impersonal Things | Fact, BUT... | C1 | EMOTION = Personality | |
C2 | INTELLECT = Personality | ||||
C3 | WILL = Personality | ||||
D | The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Voice | F A L S E | D1 | SPEAKS DIRECTLY & via Humans & Scripture | |
E | The Holy Spirit has NO Personal Name |
Unknown, but so what? |
E1 | Names / Titles of The Holy Spirit | |
E2 | Testimony of Jesus (GOD-THE-WORD) | ||||
F | A 'Person' only because of Personification |
WT's FAULTY conclusion CONTRADICTS a host of "inconvenient" Scriptures |
F1 | Testimony of the Whole NT | |
F2 | Comparison Chart: - PARACLETE (Advocate) | ||||
F3 | Awesome Scriptural Warnings | ||||
F4 | Greek Facts / Scholarship | ||||
F5 | Does the WT Misquote Scholars ? | ||||
F6 | Convincing Evidence (& "Michael") | ||||
Click here for
Kingdom Interlinear
~ Definite Article chart to see
the various spellings of the neuter gender "the".
Click here to
Search a
Greek Interlinear NT
Click here to
Search a Greek NT. ~ Enter "pneuma"
beside "Search" & click "GO" (top right). |
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