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Bible Doesn't Say That | Joel M Hoffman

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The Bible Doesn't Say That explores what the Bible meant before it was misinterpreted over the past 2,000 years. Acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short, straightforward chapters, he covers morality, life-style, theology, and biblical imagery, including: *The Bible doesn't call homosexuality a sin, and it doesn't advocate for the one-man-one-woman model of the family that has been dubbed biblical. *The Bible's famous beat their swords into plowshares is matched by the militaristic, beat your plowshares into swords. *The often-cited New Testament quotation God so loved the world is a mistranslation, as are the titles Son of Man and Son of God. *The Ten Commandments don't prohibit killing or coveting. What does the Bible say about violence? About the Rapture? About keeping kosher? About marriage and divorce? Hoffman provides answers to all of these and more, succinctly explaining how so many pivotal biblical answers came to be misunderstood.

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Bible Doesn't Say That | Joel M Hoffman

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Hoffmann applies considerable knowledge of Hebrew and Greek to correct common misconceptions about and misinterpretations of the Bible. His readings challenge you to dig through barriers of history, tradition, translation, and linguistic drift to imagine how the text would have been understood at the time it was written. Some of his corrections seem hair-splitting or even suspicious to me, but others are profoundly insightful. Recommended.

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Bible Doesn't Say That | Joel M Hoffman

The Bible doesn't say that God performed miracles.

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rachelsbrittain The premise of this book sounds very intriguing! Are you enjoying it? 4y

swynn @rachelsbrittain I am! I haven't gotten to an explanation of the miracles claim yet, but so far so good. He points out ways that modern readers can misread ancient texts -- like cultural ignorance, baggage of tradition, mistaken expectations, or mistranslations. And he has supplied examples from stories of the Creation, the Flood, and David & Goliath. 4y

rachelsbrittain @swynn that's so interesting! I've definitely heard about ways that translations misinterpreted or simplified some of the original meaning but it sounds like this is a lot more in depth. I may have to check it out! 4y

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