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Tom Hobson – Fun with Biblical Words
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What are some of the problems with translations of the Bible? Was Jonah’s whale really a whale?
Brent is joined by Tom Hobson, the author of a new book from Wipf and Stock called ‘Fun with Biblical Words: More than Sixty Greek and Hebrew words to Revolutionize Your Study of God’s Word’.
Tom is retired from more than 40 years as a Presbyterian minister, four years as professor of biblical studies and languages at Morthland College, and two years of the radio program ‘Biblical Words and World’ on KUTR-AM, Salt Lake City. He’s written books and many articles.
- (1:00) Tom’s background with biblical languages;
- (4:30) Why the biblical languages make such a difference;
- (5:30) Skubalon;
- (10:00) Agape;
- (12:40) The ‘sea monsters’;
- (15:40) Jonah’s ‘whale’;
- (17:05) Methuselah;
- (19:40) Sumerian king lists;
- (21:00) Tom’s most surprising deep connections.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.amazon.com/Fun-Biblical-Words-Hebrew-Revolutionize/dp/B0DFN2BMMG
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