07-08-2008, 05:55 PM
Romans 8:1
I think Lamsa may not have missed the ???lah,??? but it is possible that he somewhat inverted the thought to reflect his understanding of the statement. Lamsa may have wanted to express the the right concept rather than just a word-for-word translation.
Compare Murdock and Lamsa:
Murdock: ???There is therefore no condemnation to them who, in Jesus Christ, walk not after the flesh.???
Lamsa: ???There is therefore no condemnation to them who walk in the flesh after the spirit of Jesus Christ.???
Otto
P.S.
Lamsa was not a Unitarian. He felt a lifetime personal sense of connection with the Church of East and also with the worldwide Anglican communion. Lamsa was a Assyrian trained in Anglican Schools in Turkey and Iran leading to the equivalent of a Doctor of Theology degree. When he came to the United States he attended the Episcopal Virginia Theological Seminary on a scholarship awarded by the Episcopal Bishop of New York (this was around 1918). After the first world war, Lamsa attended the Episcopal Church and was active with the Episcopal Church Mission House in raising funds for a project sponsored by the Archbishop of Canterbury to rebuild Anglican schools in Turkey and Iran that were damaged during the war.
It is true that Lamsa lectured in and accepted financial support from a wide variety of churches and did not openly favor any particular church organization. He is has been quoted to have believed in ???the ecumenical Christian Church.??? However, when I met him 40 years ago, he made it clear to me that he maintained special faithful feelings for both the Church of the East and the Episcopal Church.
I think Lamsa may not have missed the ???lah,??? but it is possible that he somewhat inverted the thought to reflect his understanding of the statement. Lamsa may have wanted to express the the right concept rather than just a word-for-word translation.
Compare Murdock and Lamsa:
Murdock: ???There is therefore no condemnation to them who, in Jesus Christ, walk not after the flesh.???
Lamsa: ???There is therefore no condemnation to them who walk in the flesh after the spirit of Jesus Christ.???
Otto
P.S.
Lamsa was not a Unitarian. He felt a lifetime personal sense of connection with the Church of East and also with the worldwide Anglican communion. Lamsa was a Assyrian trained in Anglican Schools in Turkey and Iran leading to the equivalent of a Doctor of Theology degree. When he came to the United States he attended the Episcopal Virginia Theological Seminary on a scholarship awarded by the Episcopal Bishop of New York (this was around 1918). After the first world war, Lamsa attended the Episcopal Church and was active with the Episcopal Church Mission House in raising funds for a project sponsored by the Archbishop of Canterbury to rebuild Anglican schools in Turkey and Iran that were damaged during the war.
It is true that Lamsa lectured in and accepted financial support from a wide variety of churches and did not openly favor any particular church organization. He is has been quoted to have believed in ???the ecumenical Christian Church.??? However, when I met him 40 years ago, he made it clear to me that he maintained special faithful feelings for both the Church of the East and the Episcopal Church.