Boy, I must be tired (Haven't had much sleep lately, been real busy). Of course I meant to say that I favor scriptures which contains a *map* of every place mentioned in scripture, etc.
-- Steven Montgomery At 09:23 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >I don't think that a full understanding of certain scriptures, Isaiah, for >example, is possible without an understanding of the geography, place >names, regions inhabited by certain peoples, etc. For this reason I would >favor a set of scriptures which contains every place name, regions >inhabited, various historical periods, etc. > >-- >Steven Montgomery > >At 08:39 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >>Hmm -- maps aren't something we've thought of, to tell you the truth, >>although it >>should be possible to do. It's slanted more towards explaining the original >>meanings of words and also has a bit of an apologetics slant to it (for >>instance, >>we show how the original Greek supports vicarious baptism in 2 Cor 15:29 and >>Godhood (instead of trinity) in John 1:1 -- that sort of thing. It has a few >>appendices already. One I can think of offhand is a summary of Jacobean >>English (it >>grates when I hear someone say "come thou all to the ward bar-b-que") >> >>Steven Montgomery wrote: >> >> > Interesting. So--get your act together <grin>. I hope it has decent maps. >> > >> > -- >> > Steven Montgomery >> > >> > At 05:07 PM 9/29/2002, you wrote: >> > >There might be an LDS study Bible come out, if some of us can get our act >> > >together. >> > >About 7 or 8 people have come together to write a Bible (actually >> just the >> > >NT at >> > >this time) -- my assignment, for instance, is Romans and I and II >> > >Corinthians. The >> > >problem has been, in addition to getting a committee to work together >> > >(different >> > >people have different levels of enthusiasm and different abilities) >> there is a >> > >commercial consideration I'm not at liberty to talk about. We're waiting >> > >for that >> > >to be resolved. As a teaser, let me tell you that John Tvedtnes of FARMS >> > >has been >> > >assigned all of the Johannine material (the Gospel of John and the >> > >epistles), and >> > >will be co-author of the section on Revelation. >> > > >> > >Steven Montgomery wrote: >> > > >> > > > At 10:03 AM 9/29/2002, Marc wrote: >> > > > >> > > > >I have both the pre-1980 and post-1980 versions of the Bible. The >> > > newer one is >> > > > >large print, which I can use for teaching. But I keep the older one >> > > because it >> > > > >was a particularly nicely bound type that they don't seem to make >> anymore >> > > > >(real >> > > > >calfskin) and it was a gift from my mother as I was headed off down >> > > the road >> > > > >south to Salt Lake and Provo. It's got a lot of scripture marking in >> > > it, and I >> > > > >tend to remember things visually, so I'll often prefer the older one >> > > for that >> > > > >reason. Just call me a sentimental old fogey. >> > > > > >> > > > >-- >> > > > >Marc A. Schindler >> > > > >> > > > Same here. Also, even though the "post-1980" version had excellent >> > > > footnoting there were still some footnotes in the "pre-1980" >> version which, >> > > > imo and in some respects, was better than the "post-1980 version. Does >> > > > anyone know of a LDS study bible in existence--or even an >> excellent non-LDS >> > > > study bible? >> > > > >> > > > -- >> > > > Steven Montgomery >> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> > > > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// >> > > > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// >> > > > >> > > >> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// >> > > > >> > > >> > >-- >> > >Marc A. 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