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Index
Cover
Other Titles
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface: Opening the Tome
Introduction: Okay, the Bible—What About It?
Part One: Impossibilities Illustrated: The Character of the Languages and Texts
1. Legos, Not Rocks: Grammar
David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11–12:7)
The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4)
2. Magic Words: Vocabulary
Genesis 1:1–5
John 1:1–14
3. You Mean the Bible Has Style?
Ezekiel’s Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1–14)
Revelation’s Martyrs in Paradise (Revelation 7:9–17)
4. Poetry in the Bible: The Living Word of Everything and Nothing
The Twenty-Third Psalm
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12)
5. Authorship or Rhetoric or Voice or Something
Ecclesiastes on the Fragile Joys of Life (Ecclesiastes 9:7–11)
Paul on the Love of God Through Jesus (Romans 8:31–39)
6. Scripture as the Big Conversation
The Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 5:6–21)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37)
7. Let Your Mind Alone: Comedy
The Book of Jonah (Chapter 3)
Paul on Circumcision (Galatians 5:1–12)
Part Two: Possibilities Put Forward: Mainly, the Passages Retranslated
1. General Principles for Translating Vai-hee (“And It Was/Became/Happened”) in the Story of David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11–12:7)
The Two Lord’s Prayers (Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4)
2. Genesis 1:1–5
John 1:1–14
3. Ezekiel’s Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1–14)
Revelation’s Martyrs in Paradise (Revelation 7:9–17)
4. The Twenty-Third Psalm
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12)
5. Ecclesiastes on the Fragile Joys of Life (Ecclesiastes 9:7–11)
Paul on the Love of God Through Jesus (Romans 8:31–39)
6. The Word Rei-a (“Other,” etc.) in the Ten Commandments and the Great Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:6–21 and Leviticus 19:18)
The Word Pleision in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37)
7. The Book of Jonah (Chapter 3)
Paul on Circumcision (Galatians 5:1–12)
Part Three: An Account of the Fuller Facts
My Scholarly Resources and Methods—As If
1. The Translation of Vai-hee (“And It Was/Became/Happened”) in the Story of David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11–12:7), According to Various Important Bibles
The Two Lord’s Prayers (Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4)
2. Genesis 1:1–5
John 1:1–14
3. Ezekiel’s Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37:1–14)
Revelation’s Martyrs in Paradise (Revelation 7:9–17)
4. The Twenty-Third Psalm
The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12)
5. Ecclesiastes on the Fragile Joys of Life (Ecclesiastes 9:7–11)
Paul on the Love of God Through Jesus (Romans 8:31–39)
6. The Hebrew Lexicons on the Word Rei-a in the Ten Commandments and the Great Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:6–21 and Leviticus 19:18)
The Greek Lexicon and the Word Pleision in the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37)
7. The Book of Jonah (Chapter 3)
Paul on Circumcision (Galatians 5:1–12)
A Selected Bibliography
Subject Index
Index of Passages Cited and Translated
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