John 1.10 in the ‘Passion Translation’: more evidence that Brian Simmons may not be translating from Greek.
In my last post, I asked, in connection with a footnote to John 2.3 in the 2015 edition of John: Eternal Love, whether Brian…
‘Miriam’, ‘Mary’, or ‘the mother of Jesus’? – is Brian Simmons even looking at the Greek text?
I continue to question whether the ‘Passion Translation’ New Testament is really translated from Greek, as is claimed. In this post I look…
Why did Brian Simmons transliterate ἐξηγέομαι (exēgeomai) as ‘hexegeomai’?
I have been considering two closely related questions: a) Is the so-called ‘Passion Translation’ New Testament actually translated at all, or is it…
Why did Brian Simmons transliterate ἑώρακα (heōraka) as ‘ophesthe’?
In my last two posts I have been presenting evidence (here and here) that Brian Simmons, who calls himself ‘the translator’ of the…
Is the ‘Passion Translation’ actually a translation? (part 2)
In my last post I began to present evidence that seems to betray a lack of elementary competence in Greek on the part…
Is the ‘Passion Translation’ actually a translation at all?
I spent most of March this year investigating Brian Simmons’ claims to be translating from Aramaic in certain verses of the holy scriptures….
Huxley’s early opposition to ‘progressive development’ (part 2 of series)
I left off my last post halfway through an introduction to Thomas Huxley’s positive review of Origin of Species in The Times of 26 November 1859….
Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’ under fire and defended (part 1)
In my last posts I have been highlighting the fact that Darwin’s theory of evolution ascribed the origin of the first one or…
Is there a fact, or a shadow of a fact?
In my last post I looked at a review (pp 417-9) by anatomist and palaeontologist Richard Owen of a book by William Carpenter about…
Deep sea slime and ooze: did life emerge there?
In my last post, I described the account Darwin gave in his Origin of Species of the initial appearance of life on earth….