Subj : The universe
To   : KEITH KNAPP
From : DAVE OLDRIDGE
Date : Wed Jan 03 2001 07:46 am

KK> JL> DO> See above.  This is the case throughout the entire Bible!  Compare
KK> JL> DO> also:

KK> JL> DO> Before Abraham was, I AM.

KK> JL>That's not in *my* Bible... :-)

KK> This, of course, brings up the annoying point that the New Testament
KK> seems to egregiously mistranslate the OT on several occasions.

KK> E.g., in the OT a 'young woman' becomes pregnant, whereas in the NT
KK> it's a 'virgin.'

Actually, this "error" is in the Septuagint, a pre-Christian
translation of the Old Testament into Greek. It is that version that
is almost invariably quoted in the New Testament, often verbatim.

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