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1. How many times does the Bible mention the birth of twins?
2. Identify the two women in the Bible who died during childbirth.
3. Who kicked strongly inside the womb of his mother?
4. Which biblical book mentions two persons who were lame from birth?
5. Who is the priest who describes a stillborn child?
A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
Stephanie Dalley The World’s Classics Series (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1991) 368 pp., $7.95, paper
When ancient prophets stood in a royal hall or public square and proclaimed their message, the audience understood. Translators who believe they can convey that same immediacy avoid notes, commentaries and cross-references. They try to create a text as accessible as a newspaper. One mandate of the KJV was that it contain no notes. The Bible in Basic English (1950) is limited to a 1,000-word vocabulary.
To the uninitiated, the Bible is the Bible. To get one, you go to a bookstore and ask for a Bible. Readers of BR know better. The English-speaking student of the Bible is blessed with dozens of translations in hundreds of editions. What distinguishes them one from another?
The word in the Hebrew Bible that we translate as “leprosy” is tsara‘ath. It has been translated as “leprosy” only because of a linguistic blooper. In fact, tsara‘ath includes a wide variety of skin conditions.
“Unclean! Unclean!”
