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Subject: Re: A major transgression of modern Christians with respect to the Bible
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Date: Fri, 26-Aug-83 20:13:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 26 20:13:58 1983
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Steve Den Beste:  Alas, I know neither Greek nor Hebrew, but in Christian
writings discussing the "Thou shalt not kill/murder" commandment by those
knowledgeable in at least one of those languages (e.g. C.S. Lewis), it is
clearly explained that (just as in English) there is a {Greek, Hebrew} word
"kill" and another one "murder", and that the "murder" word is used in the
{G, H} manuscripts.  Remember that "Thou shalt not kill" was translated
nearly 400 years ago, when "slay" was the generic term for ending someone's
life, while "kill" implied premeditation.  In other words, this is not a
question of "transgression" at all, but rather a question of shifting
meanings of language (should it be in net.nlang?).

-- Jeff Sargent/pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq