History #37 ✡ Which Hebrew N.T. Translation Was Better, Delitzsch or Salkinson?
Messianic History: Return of the Jewish Jesus
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"Which translation is better, Salkinson or Delitzsch? Which should we be reading?" These were the questions on everyone's mind when the new version came out. Dr. Samuel Rolles Driver provided the most comprehensive answer with a detailed yet concise comparison between the two. Picking up where we left off, let's look at 16 verses where Delitzsch made the "more happy hit" and then see 38 places where phrases from the Tanach were masterfully woven into both of these historic versions. Even if Hebrew is all Greek to you, your heart will thrill at this episode as part of the story of the reappearance of the Jewish Jesus and the restoration of the New Testament to its original Semitic voice.
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