How Many Heavens Are There? Plurals and Genesis 1:1-3

Life In Translation

English - October 02, 2020 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB
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How many Heavens did God make? How many waters did the Spirit hover over? Why can't we say "two fishes" In English?

In this episode I talk some about about a homework assignment I've been working on, the surprisingly complex questions that can arise because of singular and plural (and dual) nouns in different languages, and how that affects translation.

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