Biblical Hebrew Forum

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Although the Furuli dissertation and the New World Translation have  become 
intertwined in this discussion, I cannot help but question the  connection.  
In 
the appendix of the NWT Reference Bible (3C, "Hebrew Verbs  Indicating 
Continuous or Progressive Action") the publishers make clear the  reasons for 
the 
NWT renderings, with examples going back to Benjamin Wills  Newton 1888, and 
including the work of James Washington Watts in 1963.  
 
So, where is Furuli in any of this, that he has to "defend" the readings of  
the New World Translation, or harbor such a defense as some sort of secret  
agenda?  The New World Translation is in actual use by millions of people  
all 
over the world, and has been rendered in 57 different languages.  It is  
perhaps the most critiqued Bible in the world, and stands on its own.
 
Unlike many here, I have also read Furuli's dissertation and book.  It  is 
his own work, and in my estimation, it is not congenitally tied to the  
readings 
of the New World Translation.  I really feel these two matters are  not 
connected at all.  If Furuli's conclusions do not conflict with some  
readings of 
the NWT, that is no more sinister than the conclusions of other  scholars who 
are or were not Jehovah's Witnesses, and who have not read the New  World 
Translation.  
 
Solomon Landers
 
 
 
 
 
" The one loving his soul will lose it, and the one hating his  soul in this 
world will find it, for life forever."
–- Coptic John  12:25



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