Comments | historic_church: Hebrews as Strict Record-Keepers?

aurora_nebulosa in historic_church

Hebrews as Strict Record-Keepers?

Oct 27, 2011 03:21

It has been noted for many-a-century that the Hebrews were quite strict record-keepers ( Read more... )

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heyunyi October 27 2011, 04:25:08 UTC

Have you checked to see if the Hebrew manuscripts are actually different? Maybe it's an error on the part of whoever translated it into English.

heyunyi October 27 2011, 04:26:08 UTC

P.S. Please don't be too vocal about this inconsistency, you don't want to lead people away from their faith!!!

Facing Issues Head-On aurora_nebulosa October 27 2011, 04:57:22 UTC

It is my belief that we need to face issues like this head-on, rather than running away from them. They're there, so we must deal with them. In fact, talking these things out may actually help others strengthen rather than weaken their faith, when issues are raised in favor of their faith that they would not have originally thought of. (I know that this has been the case for me many times already.)

aurora_nebulosa October 27 2011, 04:53:31 UTC

I actually referred to notes in the HSC which speak, in brief, of the manuscript issues.

heyunyi October 27 2011, 04:45:24 UTC

The KJV spells them the same way in both verses.

vonjunzt October 27 2011, 05:28:25 UTC

That's actually very easy to reconcile.

ד is daleth.
ר is resh.

So it's quite easy for a scribe to confuse a d for an r.

And, frankly, you'd find it hard to find a Bible scholar today who would claim that no Hebrew scribe ever made a mistake. The Bible is full of these little inconsistencies.