And in case anyone misunderstood, I said wooden literal INTERPRETATION, itself a play on words, not intending at all to imply anything about the NASB, for example, a wooden literal TRANSLATION.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance Muir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 3:28 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Idioms and Figures of Speech > FYI:'Irony tending toward sarcasm is frequent in the prophets. See Amos > 4:1ff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: December 29, 2004 18:15 > Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Idioms and Figures of Speech > > > > Take the plank out of your own eye before you help remove the splinter > from > > another's eye. > > > > -- slade > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Miller > > Sent: Wednesday, 29 December, 2004 10.12 > > Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Idioms and Figures of Speech > > > > Bill Taylor wrote: > > > This whole thing is dripping with sarcasm; > > > in other words, it is figurative through and > > > through, written only to make a point or two > > > about the extremes of wooden-literal > > > interpretations > > > > You don't think the Bible is written with this kind of sarcasm and > > figurative speech anywhere, do you? If so, please share some examples. > > Thanks. > > > > ---------- > > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may > know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) > http://www.InnGlory.org > > > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a > friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > ---------- > "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > > If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
