The Bibliclal Book of Revelation - In terms of a standalone literary text
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Anger is Hi-NRG
Ah, well. I tried.
Humberto
Justice is order
I've no idea what you are on about.
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Back to Revalations. It's interesting how "born again" types interpret it to be a prophesy about the second coming and the "rapture" and the end of the world.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Have you read the last couple of verses?
The butler did it
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Starry Wisdom
In the library with the lead pipe
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
Also, "something" will have been lost in the multiplicity of translations.
I don't (personally) have the linguistic background, in Greek and Latin, but I am aware that the Modern English versions has variations from the King James Edition.
However, Robert Heinlein comments in one of his works, quoting The Revelation of St John the Divine, [ch13 v18] that the usual 666 for the number of the beast is translated incorrectly [obv not by a mathematician], and should be six to the sixth power, and that result raised to the sixth power.
That is --- 1.03144 x 10 to 28th power ... in full = 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056 ...
[how Heinlein worked that out I'll leave to your imagination].
I don't (personally) have the linguistic background, in Greek and Latin, but I am aware that the Modern English versions has variations from the King James Edition.
However, Robert Heinlein comments in one of his works, quoting The Revelation of St John the Divine, [ch13 v18] that the usual 666 for the number of the beast is translated incorrectly [obv not by a mathematician], and should be six to the sixth power, and that result raised to the sixth power.
That is --- 1.03144 x 10 to 28th power ... in full = 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056 ...
[how Heinlein worked that out I'll leave to your imagination].
ouirdeaux
Caring, Understanding, Non-judgemental Type
Nothing in either the Old or the New Testament was originally written in Latin.
Heinlein was writing fiction. The Greek of Revelation seems fairly straightforward to me: ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
ἑξακόσιοι means 600. ἑξήκοντα means 60. ἕξ means six. There is no way that I can see to get powers into that, but if you don't know Greek and are trusting that most of your readers don't know Greek either, you can say what you like.
Heinlein was writing fiction. The Greek of Revelation seems fairly straightforward to me: ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν· καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
ἑξακόσιοι means 600. ἑξήκοντα means 60. ἕξ means six. There is no way that I can see to get powers into that, but if you don't know Greek and are trusting that most of your readers don't know Greek either, you can say what you like.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
you've quoted it now we're doomed why did you do that???
StoneRoad
heckling from the back!
wut ? Sorry, I'm not a believer ...you've quoted it now we're doomed why did you do that???
So, a bit like saying "Voldemort" for wizards ?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
think i have fixed it
Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It's a bit smitey for my liking. I thought they'd killed that stuff off in earlier episodes.
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