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The Bible Doesn't Say That
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. 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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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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This is concise and clear about the ways ideas are misrepresented in the Christian Bible. The book made clear again and again that the historical evidence that the New Testament was written a century or more after the events it depicts and not by the people they are attributed to; though, he never takes that step.
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GingerAntics He probably avoids that because he talks a lot about the Bible NOT being history and the need to stop reading and interpreting it as such. If you want to have a faith open to critical thinking or if you have realised in other ways that all the noise about the Bible and god is anything but holy, this is the book for you. If you believe in a literal translation of the Bible, this is not the book for you because it‘s just going to rile you up. 2w
GingerAntics #JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #linguistics #ClassicalLanguages #bible #theology #philosophy #facts 2w
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I LOVED IT!!! 2w
TheBookHippie It‘s so good. 😊 2w
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it really is!!! It‘s actually refreshing! 2w
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GingerAntics
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The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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As a historian, this is like day one, class one of every graduate program. If you have a REALLY good undergrad prof, they might mention it then, but mostly they are focused on getting you into grad school. Go figure.
In fact, I was taught these two points in the opposite directions. Who wrote it first, then who paid them to write it?
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #MartinCullen #history #historiography #whopaidforit #whowroteit

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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If you feel compelled to begin a debate about the literal nature of the Bible in response to the above quote that takes historical and cultural views into account, save your time and mine… just unfollow.
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #oncologyreading #thebibleisnotliteral #thebibleisnothistory

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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The time has officially arrived to break some hearts!
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #creationism #evolution #oncologyreading #thebibleisnothistory

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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36 seconds in… I am grinning
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #Audiobook

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GingerAntics
GingerAntics
The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman
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I have no clue why I‘m in the mood for this… or if I even really am… but here goes nothing. Let‘s break some hearts and piss off some people!
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #oncologyreading

TheBookHippie I enjoyed it. 2w
GingerAntics @TheBookHippie girl, I am enjoying it already! 2w
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swynn
swynn
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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swynn
Bible Doesn't Say That | Joel M Hoffman
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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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