Biblical Hebrew Forum

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When translators who believe God is eternal, as the NWT translators did,  
translate a verse to say what could be interpreted as otherwise, I fail to 
see  
any evidence of bias, theological or otherwise.
 
Maybe, despite their theology, the translators decided to use the best  terms 
in English that they knew of to translate the meaning of the Hebrew  word.
 
Just maybe, it was a desire to bring out the flavor of the Hebrew rather  
than lean on a bias.
 
I often wonder why this list is asked questions about the NWT translators,  
since, as far as I know, none of the NWT translators inhabit this list to 
give 
a  response.
 
Solomon Landers
 
In a message dated 02/04/2006 6:31:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
g_gardner1234 AT yahoo.com writes:

Here is  their translation of Gen 21:


33 After that he planted a  tamarisk tree at Be´er-she´ba and called there 
upon the name of Jehovah the  indefinitely lasting God.


Maybe it is a theological  bias.