Okay, that’s the end of our reproductive apologetics sequence for now.
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Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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Jimmy, I am dying to get some info on what is being said inside Bishops Meeting….do you think it is good old boys get together..OR ..do you think that Bishops Bruskweitz, Burke, Sheridan, and Chaput are calling their brothers on the carpet…do you think we will see a more unified “voice” after the meeting or just the opposite….you seem to have a knack for judging these things spot-on…
Jimmy, I NEED to hijacked this entry because you are the only competent people on this matter as far as I know. So please bear with me
[b]Douay Rheims[/b]
Zech 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, [b]and[/b] upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Is there an “and” in the hebrew text?
I know that Zec is not talking about two different Ass. It’s a Hebrew literary style. However in the RSV, the “and” is gone. I’m thinking that they took it off to compensate for the Hebrew literary style understanding (to make the reader understand that there’s no two animals). But my guess is that there’s actually an “and” in the Hebrew.
Help!
I’ll almost be sad to see the end of the series. You handled it well without getting too explicit in language.