- Joined
- Sep 5, 2019
I looked up the original Hebrew and it uses the word קהילה which means “community”Except he did.
or “congregation” (as a group of people, so “assembly” is the more accurate translation as “church” wasn’t a thing and people might mistakenly think it refers to a building). It also uses the Hebrew שאול, Sheol, which never meant a place of eternal suffering, so the translation to “hell” is sort of puzzling.
Oh I forgot, Jack says none of this is up for discussion or consideration. And seriously, his loss. Close reading of primary sources is
not just fascinating and fun, but helps a person to understand the full meaning of the words (and thus what one believes or does not). I suspect Jack knows he’s not cut out for something that requires critical thinking or exploration. In which case, fine, only Jews are commanded to question every single word of Scripture and wrestle with the meanings. But stop telling the world you have read the Bible X times when you have clearly not studied it even once.