(November 13, 2013 at 4:40 am)Aldarion Wrote: I have rigorously studied the bible for 35 years in koine Greek and Hebrew....
I'm looking forward to seeing you flex these particular muscles in discussion here, since there are at least one or two theists who will occasionally resort to the old "the word in the original koine Greek/Hebrew can also mean..." position. I'm curious to see how you address any of those particular instances and how they respond.
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