Post 9h8137HTcMgcaMbRM8 by AniMerrill@mastodon.starrevolution.org
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 (DIR) Post #9h80u5fCGIuyxlOTa4 by kittybecca@masto.jews.international
       2019-02-17T00:06:34Z
       
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       the Hebrew word for God is Elohim. it has a plural suffix, but takes singular verbs and adjectives and pronouns etc.it's considered a type of majestic plural similar to the royal we, which itself is used often by God in the Qur'an. another example of something similar is the use of plural you for formal you in many languages.then again, in the neighboring Canaanite religions from which Judaism likely evolved, the Elohim were the sons of the god El (whose name also means "god"). but still...
       
 (DIR) Post #9h80u5unKJOXk8gvtQ by kittybecca@masto.jews.international
       2019-02-17T00:06:41Z
       
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       the Arabic word for God, Allah, is a cognate of Elohim. both descend from the proto-Semitic 'il, extended with an h. Allah is likely a contraction of al-'ilah, "the God," which would be exactly equivalent to the Aramaic word for the monotheistic god: 'alaha or 'elaha (depending on dialect), where -a is the definite article.speaking of Aramaic, this would be the language Jesus would have spoken. he literally would have called God Alaha. remember that to tell fundamentalist Christians.
       
 (DIR) Post #9h80xjfhy7c1unN4kq by Alisca@mastodon.social
       2019-03-17T14:09:00Z
       
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       @kittybeccaFundamentalist Christians think he spoke English.
       
 (DIR) Post #9h811HND7hXJJ8PPSy by DJWalnut@pleroma.weirdart.space
       2019-03-25T11:41:58.305163Z
       
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       @Alisca @kittybecca it would be fascinating to truly understand the mindset of the Fundamentalist
       
 (DIR) Post #9h812eLNCnZWq3Cdu4 by SelfsameSynonym@mastodon.starrevolution.org
       2019-03-24T22:26:52Z
       
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       @kittybecca Fundamentalist Christians believe Jesus and company spoke English. Source: Fundie I argued with who said the JPS translations of the Tanakh are fundamentally wrong because they’re based on Hebrew and Aramaic translations of the original text, as opposed to the KJV, which is a simple copy of what was originally written.
       
 (DIR) Post #9h8137HTcMgcaMbRM8 by AniMerrill@mastodon.starrevolution.org
       2019-03-24T22:46:48Z
       
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       @SelfsameSynonym @kittybecca WOW, that's honestly pretty next level.
       
 (DIR) Post #9h814zSTfmPYu4drbk by steven@todon.nl
       2019-03-25T08:57:56Z
       
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       @kittybecca98 percent of Malta is Catholic, the country prides itself on their resistance of the Turks and historically acting as a strategic defense for Christian Europe, and what's the Maltese word for God? Allah lol
       
 (DIR) Post #9h814zjUeW1RkqbS88 by anarchiv@todon.nl
       2019-03-25T10:21:59Z
       
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       @steven @kittybecca makes a lot of sense, Maltese being a Semitic language and all
       
 (DIR) Post #9h81500VdFdKbcZ2eW by steven@todon.nl
       2019-03-25T10:30:25Z
       
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       @anarchivFun fact, it's the only semitic language written in the Latin alphabet. Some of my racist relatives like denying that Maltese is related to Arabic, it's fun when people deny objective facts.@kittybecca