Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Dear B-Hebrew:

The staff will absolutely not tolerate a discussion now about the 
correct interpretation of Romans 2 and/or 14.

This thread is now officially closed.  Further posts on the subject will 
jeopordize your subscription.

Regards,
Bryan Rocine
b-hebrew co-chair

M bauer wrote:
> My reading is that it is 3/4 of the 8000 dialects/languages are without any 
> of what the Xtians call holy writings. Let us remember that many cultures 
> have their own holy writings and call into mind you Xtians what the first 
> several verses of Chapter two and the first five or so verse of Chapter 14 of 
> Romans says.
>    
>   Regards,
>    
>   Marc Bauer
>    
>   PS: If I am out of line with this, please let me know off-line. I have this subscription not for faith reasons, but for learning about Hebrew, where there is truly some difference.
>
> Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org> wrote:
>   On 25/02/2006 21:16, Herman Meester wrote:
>
> > ... I think modern Hebrew is about the only language left
> > the Bible has not been translated to!
>
>
> Sadly this is far from true. According to 
> http://www.wycliffe.org/language/statistics.htm,
>
> > *Of the 6,809 languages on earth… /(as of December 2003)/*
> > *405* *Languages with adequate whole Bible*
> >
> > *1034* *Languages with adequate New Testament*
>
> There may be some languages with translations of the Hebrew Bible but 
> not of the New Testament, but the implication here is that there is no 
> translation of the Hebrew Bible into well over 90% of the world's languages.

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