Bart Ehrman
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Yeah, well, it's not a very good argument. I don't know who this is, but I mean, it's a very bad argument. You frequently have translations go both ways. Translated up, translated down. It's just an empirical fact. English is a much more complicated language than many works that are translated into English. And the Bible gets translated into many languages that are much more simple than Greek.
Yeah, well, it's not a very good argument. I don't know who this is, but I mean, it's a very bad argument. You frequently have translations go both ways. Translated up, translated down. It's just an empirical fact. English is a much more complicated language than many works that are translated into English. And the Bible gets translated into many languages that are much more simple than Greek.
So it goes both ways, and it always goes both ways. Moreover, how does he know there are 7,000 unique words in Hebrew? He's basing that on the fact that we've got these texts that have 7,000 unique words. Okay? These are the only texts we have. People spoke Hebrew.
So it goes both ways, and it always goes both ways. Moreover, how does he know there are 7,000 unique words in Hebrew? He's basing that on the fact that we've got these texts that have 7,000 unique words. Okay? These are the only texts we have. People spoke Hebrew.
So it goes both ways, and it always goes both ways. Moreover, how does he know there are 7,000 unique words in Hebrew? He's basing that on the fact that we've got these texts that have 7,000 unique words. Okay? These are the only texts we have. People spoke Hebrew.
have no idea what their vocabulary was for him to say that it had to be only these 7 000 words it's a little bit crazy that's like saying if you get a copy of time magazine or something or what may it's not imprinted anymore but you get time magazine and you say this is the extent of the english vocabulary like in 3 000 years somebody finds somebody finds a time magazine
have no idea what their vocabulary was for him to say that it had to be only these 7 000 words it's a little bit crazy that's like saying if you get a copy of time magazine or something or what may it's not imprinted anymore but you get time magazine and you say this is the extent of the english vocabulary like in 3 000 years somebody finds somebody finds a time magazine
have no idea what their vocabulary was for him to say that it had to be only these 7 000 words it's a little bit crazy that's like saying if you get a copy of time magazine or something or what may it's not imprinted anymore but you get time magazine and you say this is the extent of the english vocabulary like in 3 000 years somebody finds somebody finds a time magazine
And they categorize all the words and say, okay, those are the only words in English. And so it could not have been translated into a language that has more words because it doesn't work that way.
And they categorize all the words and say, okay, those are the only words in English. And so it could not have been translated into a language that has more words because it doesn't work that way.
And they categorize all the words and say, okay, those are the only words in English. And so it could not have been translated into a language that has more words because it doesn't work that way.
What's his evidence?
What's his evidence?
What's his evidence?
What's his evidence?
What's his evidence?
What's his evidence?
That's right.
That's right.
That's right.