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JohnnySpot · 56-60, M
There should be a "The" or "our" before the last "Creator" transcribed.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@JohnnySpot Interesting literary question, that. Omitted by simple translator's or transcriber's error, or deliberately, do you think?
After all, omitting the conjunction in such a construction is fairly common if a more mellifluous or lyrical touch is appropriate; and here, even if the capital 'C' does not register, the context is clear enough.
After all, omitting the conjunction in such a construction is fairly common if a more mellifluous or lyrical touch is appropriate; and here, even if the capital 'C' does not register, the context is clear enough.
JohnnySpot · 56-60, M
@ArishMell The reader is given credit to understand the capital C means "The Creator"
But adding a "The" would make it clear that the person is not turning into a god.
But adding a "The" would make it clear that the person is not turning into a god.
daydeeo · 61-69, M
@JohnnySpot And yet, "Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?"
John 10.34
John 10.34
JohnnySpot · 56-60, M
@daydeeo Jesus was appealing to the precedent already established in the Torah, which referred to God's holy ones or his Divine council as "gods"
He was having a really stressful day trying to convince them that it wasn't blasphemy for him to call himself God.
He was having a really stressful day trying to convince them that it wasn't blasphemy for him to call himself God.