When I was in Sweden I really thought it was really neat that one cathedral
had the word for God in Hebrew above the door leading into the nave.  I even
named my son because of the Hebrew meaning of his name David Nathaniel
(Beloved gift of God).  It is good to know Hebrew but being a very rigid
language there is not as much variation in the words to effect translation
that much.

Bill+
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "St. Mary's Church, Delray Beach" <stmary@...>
To: <faithandlife@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey


> Bill+
>
> My hebrew Prof would be apalled to hear your Hebrew prof state such a
thing.
> For him, it was properly understanding the nuances in the Hebrew that
allows
> one to get the true sense of the Greek used by St. Paul since his Hebrew
> background influenced everything he did and wrote.
>
> Knowing Hebrew actually has been a help to me in the parish because I have
a
> convert from Judaism here and we actually have a good time messing around
> with Hebrew. He can actually speak the Hebrew but I'm better at
translating
> it so we have a somewhat symbiotic relationship (and the other
parishioners
> look at us like we're nuts when we practice our Hebrew out loud!)
>
> E+
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William H. Perkins, Jr. +" <wperkin2@...>
> To: <faithandlife@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey
>
>
> > Mike+:
> >
> > Got to say I struggled with them even though I got fair grades in both
> > Hebrew and Greek.  My Hebrew professor admitted that Greek was more
> > important for study due to the variations of the meaning of words. Not
to
> > much to gain from knowing Hebrew other than the privilege of reading in
> the
> > original language.
> >
> > Bill+
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Michael Ward" <mward@...>
> > To: <faithandlife@...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 8:45 AM
> > Subject: RE: [FaithandLife] Re: Survey
> >
> >
> > > Bill+
> > >
> > > God has given us all gifts, but they vary from person to person.  My
> > > Greek prof said that God did not give me the gift of languages!!  Ha!
> > >
> > > MLW+
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike+:
> > >
> > > I think it would be good to know who among us can read Greek or
Hebrew.
> > > I was trained in both but I am so rusty I can only read a little Greek
> > > with out consulting my interlinear, parsing guide and Greek
dictionary.
> > >
> > > Bill+
> > >
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