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Subject: Re: New World Translation - John 1:1c - "and the Word was a god."
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JohnOneOne wrote:
>
> New World Translation - John 1:1c - "and the Word was a god."
>
> Regarding Jehovah's Witnesses' "New World Translation" Bible and its
> rendering of John 1:1, it may interest you to know that, in support and
> explanation of their wording of this verse (especially within the third
> clause with "a god"), there is soon to be published a 19+ year study (as of
> 6/2011), a thoroughly researched reference work - an historical analysis &
> exhaustive annotated bibliography - it will be entitled, "What About John
> 1:1?"
>
> To learn more of its design and expected release date, you are invited to
> visit:
>
> http://www.goodcompanionbooks.com
>
> When finally published, apart from discussing many of the other topics and
> scriptures often related to the man-made Trinity doctrine, you will also
> discover that we have collected information on about 430+ scholarly
> reference works (mostly Trinitarian) which, throughout the centuries, had
> opted to say something other than, "and the Word was God," and that,
> included among them are over 120 which had chosen to use "a god" within the
> third clause of their renderings.
>
> As you might expect, we are very excited at the opportunity to share our
> findings with others.
>
> Agape, JohnOneOne.
> john1one@earthlink.net
Are you as sure of this as the watchtower society was that Jesus came
invisibly in 1914, and that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would rise from the
dead in 1925?
Are you THAT sure?
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