Hebrew Idioms in the Gospels (3/7)
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Idioms are so nifty. These quirky little expressions that don't make sense but mean vivid things. The Gospels have lots of idioms which don't make sense in Greek or English, guess why? Because they're Hebrew! The soul of a language is in its idioms and learning them is like stepping into the world of the people who use them. This is certainly true of the story of Yeshua and is one of the things I love about the DHE - there's a glossary in the back that takes 20 whole pages to list all these Jewish New Testament idioms and show you their roots in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic literature! Let's go over these Hebrew expressions and I'll teach you how to actually pronounce them all.
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