The Excellent British Scholar
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:59 am
Philip R. Davies with a cautionary essay about using language.
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/language.shtml
http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/language.shtml
Many other terms still need to be replaced. The “ark” of the covenant was a box. “Righteousness” (tsedeq) can mean “innocence,” “integrity” or “honesty”: a “covenant” is a treaty. “Salvation” very often means no more than “safety” or “security.”