1 Corinthians 10:11

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Shlama Akhi Judge,

In Hebraic thought, the end of THIS WORLD (olam hazeh) means not just the end of THIS age but the end of ALL AGES OF HUMANITY. In that kind of interpretive paradigm it would be easy from my view to understand why a Jewish translator would think AGES even if the word were singular.



Hope this helps!

Firstly thanks to Dawid and Ograabe and Andrew for their answers. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->
One question about this Andrew. Can you perhaps give a little more information as to where this idea might appear in Jewish thought?

I know Isaiah 65 and 66 has humanity still around after the new heavens and the new earth (as does Rev 21-22)

17 "Behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight
and its people a joy.

19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and take delight in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying
will be heard in it no more.

20 "Never again will there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;
he who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere youth;
he who fails to reach a hundred
will be considered accursed

and that 2 Peter (which may or may not represent Hebraic thought) has a so called "world" being destroyed but humanity surviving.

6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed

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