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Transcription is simply a fancy word for "copying," and makes no sense in this context.

What a lovely ad hominem.

just for the record, a transliteration is when you put original language words into the English alphabet, i.e. ἀγάπη = agapē. That's quite different from translation! :) Secondly the "who is" is a valid translation of the participle. We can argue about its correctness, but it's certainly in the...

"The Greek Koine, or 'common dialect', which evolved as an international variety of Attic, the dialect of ancient Athens, during the period of the Athenian Empire and the Macedonian expansion...had become the sole official, technical and and scientific language of the extensive Greek speaking...

And I could accuse you of the same, but really don't want to fall back into bad habits. For me, a big part of it is the way the Greek actually reads. It flows. It's somewhat rhythmic. This implies to me a strong connection between all the nominatives to have the same referent, that of the...

The term "natural association" without further clarification is meaningless. Whoever the other nameless gentleman is is correct, both are, but that suggests to me apposition and both having the same referent.

Mazel Tov to them. Do they have actual arguments to explain what they mean, or do we have to take your word for it?

One (that's me) would have to know what someone who has no knowledge of Greek (that's you) means by "grammatically connected."

I don't know why plain English isn't good enough. Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

Theology. <sigh> In more formal terms, this is the distinction between the economic and ontological Trinity.

Caragounis is a bit of a nut when it comes to Greek pronunciation over the ages, but his take on the meaning of various texts is often spot on. Thanks for sharing this. You say he informs you but I assume this is from a text and not a personal email? If so what text?

11 Ἄξιος εἶ, ὁ κύριος καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, λαβεῖν τὴν δόξαν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν, ὅτι σὺ ἔκτισας τὰ πάντα καὶ διὰ τὸ θέλημά σου ἦσαν καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν. CJAB, just noting that even as a Trinitarian with some fairly serious disagreements I sometimes find your theological insights...

Gen 6:14. I don't really want to get into the theological discussion, though the I believe the entire flood cycle is typological of the creation-fall-redemption theme. However, your verb כפר has quite a large range of meaning. Most modern translations simply use cover, e.g. the ESV: "Make...

"Was made" is not the best translation of ἐγένετο in John 1:14.

Well, with God all things are possible, right?

The Bible uses the same personal pronouns for everybody.

אוֹר (ca. 120 ×): אור; MHb., Ug. ar (UMGl. 76; Driver Myths 13510 ?), Ph. in n.m. ארמלך, Uru-milki (Tallqvist Names 244a), Akk. urru day: אוֹרוֹ/רָם; אוֹרִים Ps 136:7 †; masc. (Jr 13:16 → Rudolph; Jb 36:32 rd. עליו as MSS): —1. brightness, daylight Gn 1:3f Is 5:30 Jb 3:9 24:13 (prp. אֵל), cj. Is...

"Thee" word? But yes. The act of special creation resulted in a zygote which eventually is born as a baby, who then grows into a man. Do you have a problem with that?

Well, what does Scripture say and imply? Luke 1: 31 καὶ ἰδοὺ συλλήμψῃ ἐν γαστρὶ καὶ τέξῃ υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦν. The use of the term suggests to me that it starts right at the very beginning, and then there is a gestation period and birth well documented in Scripture.

Good points, actually. I have to give this some more thought.