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  • From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>
  • To: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: I AM
  • Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:33:16 -0500


Exactly so, Shoshanna. The I AM translation is apparently a reading back
from the LXX rendition, "ego eimi ho on," which I think should be taken to
mean "I am the [only] one who exists." Also, the Hebrew form cannot be
separated from the context in which it is used to express the promise of
divine presence to Moses: 'ehyeh `immakh ["I will be with you"].
Charles David Isbell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shoshanna Walker" <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: I AM


> >
> > When the Lord called Himself "I am," He was using the verb "to be."
> >
>
>
> Actually, the word is in future tense, and since it wasn't written in
> English, "I am" and not "I will be", is an incorrect translation.
>
> This ALWAYS bothered me
>
> Shoshanna
>
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  • I AM, JWE, 05/01/2001
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: I AM, David Stabnow, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, Shoshanna Walker, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, GregStffrd, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, Charles David Isbell, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, uri hurwitz, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, Penner, 05/02/2001
    • Fw: I AM, Shoshanna Walker, 05/02/2001
    • Re: Fw: I AM, Dave Washburn, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, Daniel Wagner, 05/02/2001
    • Re: I AM, Karen Spray, 05/02/2001
    • RE: I AM, Liz Fried, 05/02/2001
    • RE: I AM, Tony Prete, 05/02/2001
    • RE: I AM, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 05/02/2001
    • RE: I AM, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 05/02/2001

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