nebula Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 8, 2013 'Y'all Are a Temple of God,' According to New Texas Bible Plugin By Nicola Menzie , Christian Post Reporter June 7, 2013|5:17 pm A Dallas Theological Seminary Web director who likes to "tinker with the Bible," has developed a plugin that allows readers to draw out the plural "you" in Scripture by rendering the pronoun as "y'all," "youse guys" or "you lot." "Here in Texas (and in the Southern U.S. more generally), I tell my audience that we have a perfect equivalent to the original Greek/Hebrew second person plural: 'y'all' the contraction of 'you all.' This of course always gets me a good laugh. And this is not unique to the Southern U.S. – many other areas of the English speaking world also have spoken forms of you plural such as 'you guys,' 'yinz,' and 'you lot,'" explains John Dyer. Dyer, the executive director of communications and educational technology for DTS, found that there are at least 2,698 Hebrew verses in the Old Testament and 2,022 in the New Testament in which the second person plural appears as "you" in English translations – "which could lead a reader to think it is directed at him or her personally rather than the Church as a community." Full report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Love Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 5 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/06/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted June 8, 2013 that's amazing. Jesus bless us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willa Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 68 Topic Count: 186 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 14,281 Content Per Day: 3.31 Reputation: 16,689 Days Won: 30 Joined: 08/14/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted June 8, 2013 Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,800 Content Per Day: 6.17 Reputation: 11,247 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 8, 2013 Eh I dont like it. I think it diminishes the bible a bit by turning it into another gimmicky bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butero Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Eh I dont like it. I think it diminishes the bible a bit by turning it into another gimmicky bible. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekmom Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 106 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 15 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 8, 2013 Eh I dont like it. I think it diminishes the bible a bit by turning it into another gimmicky bible. Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 8, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.92 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 What do you think of the intention, though - that is to distinguish "you" singular vs. "you" plural? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted June 9, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 30 Topic Count: 600 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,390 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 28,139 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted June 9, 2013 I would disagree . he makes a point of the difference between the Hebrew/Greek and English. And it can change the message as he suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted June 9, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.88 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted June 9, 2013 Y'all implies a rather jovial tone, doesn't it? Kinda weird. I don't like it, and I didn't love the Aussie bible who did similar things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest man Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 What do you think of the intention, though - that is to distinguish "you" singular vs. "you" plural? Just my opinion but I think the Word should be left alone. This guy's putting his own spin on what he believes the bible is saying. Who's to say his interpretations are correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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