Paper Category: Hebrew Language

One aspect inherent in any discourse is cohesion, and authors create cohesion in their discourse through various cohesive ties (Todd A. Scacewater, “Introduction,” in Discourse Analysis of the New Testament Writings, ed. Todd A. Scacewater (Dallas: Fontes Press, 2020), 15). Participant reference is one key cohesive tie that helps a reader follow the author’s flow … Read more

The word “evil” appears frequently in English versions of the Hebrew Bible. Usually, it translates Hebrew ra‘. Over the centuries, however, English Bibles have used this rendering less frequently. While the KJV (or AV; 17th century) has “evil” 489.00 times in the Old Testament, the JPS (20th century) uses it only 120.00 times. Contemporary English … Read more