tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post6587998545478659085..comments2023-11-03T05:33:56.202-04:00Comments on On Not Being a Sausage: When Reality (or a text) meets a fondly held belief, reality is the looserDeirdrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106311465508277283noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post-30421731648724884712007-12-11T20:01:00.000-05:002007-12-11T20:01:00.000-05:00Wow, you work fast!Denial runs deep, doesn't it?I'...Wow, you work fast!<BR/><BR/>Denial runs deep, doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely saving this for my Matthew group!Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607665272056430039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21346696.post-78091289809611853102007-12-11T19:38:00.000-05:002007-12-11T19:38:00.000-05:00I was surprised a few years ago to discover the di...I was surprised a few years ago to discover the disappearance of another eunuch -- the Dios Habla Hoy version describes the Ethiopian who encountered Philip as "un hombre" who "era un alto foncionario..." The rest of the passage maintains the "foncionario" language. I assume we are to read into his having been an "alto" instead of a "bariton" to surmise other matters... ;-)<BR/><BR/>[In Isaiah 56.3, which I guess may have sparked the Ethiopian's interest in this particular text, the DHH does refer to the "eunuco" who should not think of himself as "un arbol seco". Not using this language in Acts rather breaks the connexion, no?]Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.com