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All Translation is Supple
Bill Mounce has an interesting post on conflicting translational practices in the ESV’s rendering of Rom 2:27, 29. The same word (γραμματος) is translated differently (“written code”… more →
Ketuvim: the Writings of James R. Getz Jr.
On English (and other dialects of Sanskrit)
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andreaskluth wrote 1 week ago: I mentioned en passant in the previous post that the Sanskrit word vira, hero, is related to the Lat … more →
Finding a folly euphonic
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Stan wrote 3 weeks ago: * Amphigourie Qu’il est heureux de se défendre Quand le coeur ne s’est pas rendu! Mais q … more →
Michael Ventris, the Decipherment of Linear B, and the Value of Cross-Fertilization
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quriosity wrote 3 weeks ago: Reading Andrew Robinson’s fascinating book Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World’s Und … more →
All Translation is Supple
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jimgetz wrote 1 month ago: Bill Mounce has an interesting post on conflicting translational practices in the ESV’s render … more →
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dancingbeastie wrote 1 month ago: Have been footering about with the appearance of Dancing Beastie and am at last relatively happy wit … more →
Blather and blarney and blindfolding the devil
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Stan wrote 2 months ago: “All Ireland went into the making of this book,” the Sunday Tribune wrote of English As We Speak It … more →
Random Musings
magus71 wrote 2 months ago: Don’t go to bed angry. People want justice and strength from leaders, not either/ or. Physical … more →
wacatast wrote 2 months ago: The Jagiellonian University’s Student Historical Circle – East European Section And The Jagiellonian … more →
wacatast wrote 2 months ago: The Jagiellonian University’s Student Historical Circle – East European Section And The Jagiellonian … more →
word for the day
dancingbeastie wrote 2 months ago: ‘clishmaclaver’, a Scots noun meaning ‘gossip’. Pronounced clishmaCLAYver. N … more →
non-sequetist
rmavery wrote 2 months ago: I recently started a job where I was supporting code written by a different developer. In reviewi … more →
Link love: language (9)
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Stan wrote 2 months ago: The Age of Undoing.* Idioms drawn by kids. Glossary of hard-boiled slang. Affixes used in scientific … more →
The Viking Way
Aesthetic Traditionalist wrote 2 months ago: Professor Neil S. Price. … more →
word for the day
dancingbeastie wrote 2 months ago: ‘carnaptious’. Scots, meaning grumpy and irritable. I can relate strongly to this word t … more →
The origins of Zibibbo (closer reading part 2)
Do Bianchi wrote 3 months ago: Photos of Pantelleria by Alfonso Cevola. In response to my post on Sir Robert the other day, both Ch … more →
Émile Benveniste
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Enkidu: Rival or Substitute?
jimgetz wrote 3 months ago: A colleague at Temple asked me the other day about a curious little reference in George’s popular tr … more →
word(s) for the day
dancingbeastie wrote 3 months ago: ‘cellar door’. According to Professor Tolkien, these are the most beautiful words in th … more →
Frustration at the Outset
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jimgetz wrote 3 months ago: The Gilgamesh Epic is among the greats of literature. Yet after all the fine work by Andrew George ( … more →
