‘The Faith of Jesus: Translating Hebrews 12:2a’
This article shows how a big majority of English translations (17 out of 22 that I examined) have introduced ‘our’ into the text when they identify the subject of the ‘faith’ spoken of in Hebrews 12:2a. Modern commentators on Hebrews, however, have overwhelmingly understood the faith in question as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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The expository times
Year: 2021, Volume: 132, Issue: 9, Pages: 387-393 |
| Further subjects: | B
King James Version
B Commentaries B Faith B Translations B Mold |
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| Summary: | This article shows how a big majority of English translations (17 out of 22 that I examined) have introduced ‘our’ into the text when they identify the subject of the ‘faith’ spoken of in Hebrews 12:2a. Modern commentators on Hebrews, however, have overwhelmingly understood the faith in question as the faith exercised by Jesus and, at best only secondarily, our faith in him. It seems that many translators have been following their predecessors (e.g. the King James Version) rather than reading commentaries. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00145246211004092 |