Musings... Dr. Black's BLOG
Comments on Translation Issues Affecting the ISV®
[Introductory Thoughts]
[The ISV Heritage: Where We Got our English Bible]
[The Poetry of the International Standard Version]
[Zechariah 12:10 — Look Upon Me Whom They Pierced]
[The Disciple Whom Jesus Kept on Loving?]
[John 3:16 — God Loved the World So Much!?!]
[John 18:4 — Whom Sweet Whom]
[John 21:15-17 — Sloppy Agape]
[Acts 2:38 — Baptism for Forgiveness?]
[1 Corinthians 13:4-7 — An Ode to Love]
[Ephesians 5:32 — Mustering Mystery out of Musterion]
[Philippians 1:27-30 — Good Citizens]
[1 Timothy 3:2 — "Teachable" or "Able to Teach"]
[Titus 1:12 — On Poets & Liars: When is Poetry Poetry?]
[Hebrews 1:1 — Alliteration in the Bible]
[Hebrews 6:1 — "Press on" or "Be Carried Along"?]
[Hebrews 12:1-2 — Too Much Lettuce?]
[James 1:17 — Good Giving?]
[James 2:14 — Can Faith Save?]
Always
Avoid Alliteration
As you are already aware, I am addicted to
alliteration, a slave to sequential syllables starting with the same sound. Pretty please,
don’t take me to task, raise the roof, and add fuel to the fire or insult to injury
when I tell you that the apt art of alliteration occurs in the Bible. For example, the
Greek of Hebrews 1:1 reads as follows:
polumeros kai polutropos palai ho theos
lalesas tois patrasin en tois prophetais….
Can you hear the alliteration with the letter
"p"? Far from being a bunch of baloney that you need like a hole in the head,
this phenomenon is first and foremost and sure as shootin’ a worthwhile,
short-and-sweet, clear-cut, excellent expression of active alliteration! The ISV
translators felt this was fantastic and bent over backwards to practice what they preach:
God, having spoken in former times in
varied fashion to our forefathers by the prophets…."
Leapin’ lizards, I bet my bottom dollar
that you, too, are becoming an
alliteration addict! |
