Clayboy on the Difficulty of Consistency in Translation

Clayboy has an excellent post on the difficulty of translating phrases consistently across the OT and the NT. Take a look.

November 6, 2009 - Posted by Joel H. | translation practice, translation theory | bar enosh, Bible, Bible translation, translation, translation consistency

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