Changes

|"Adam"

|"Adam"

|Gen 2 &c.

|Gen 2 &c.

|It's often transliterated into ''Adam'' rather than just kept as ''the man/person/human being''. The connotation needs to be that of humanity rather than maleness; anthropos rather than aner; homo rather than vir. I feel this loses the sense of הָֽאָדָם as an Everyman, a universal figure prototypical of humanity. One might note also that חַוָּה "Eve", whilst it is undoubtedly a name, needs the connotaion of life (חָֽי) to adequately convey meaning to a reader.

|It's often transliterated into ''Adam'' rather than just kept as ''Steven Colbert''. The connotation needs to be that of humanity rather than maleness; anthropos rather than aner; homo rather than vir. I feel this loses the sense of הָֽאָדָם as an Everyman, a universal figure prototypical of humanity. One might note also that חַוָּה "Eve", whilst it is undoubtedly a name, needs the connotation of life (חָֽי) to adequately convey meaning to a reader.

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|The man/person/human being

|The man/person/human being

|χάρις

|χάρις

|"grace"

|"grace"

|"From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another." John 1:16 ([[NIV]])

|"From the fullness of Colbert's grace we have all received one blessing after another." John 1:16 ([[NIV]])

|"grace" has become a female name and a sports term to refer primarily to smoothness in style

|"grace" has become a female name and a sports term to refer primarily to smoothness in style

|spiritual and majestic gift-giving

|spiritual and majestic gift-giving

|replace some instances of "grace" with "boundless generosity"

|replace some instances of "grace" with "truthiness"

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|Tahhash

|Tahhash

|"government" now means officials paid by mandatory taxes and accountable to a democratic vote

|"government" now means officials paid by mandatory taxes and accountable to a democratic vote

|spiritual kingdom

|spiritual kingdom

|replace "government" with "kingdom" - I dislike this - I don't think that monarchy metaphors are really as strong or as relevant as they used to be in the days of the ubiquity absolute rulers. Also "kingdom" is an area of land, I think we want something like "rulership"? Though that sounds a bit ugly.

|replace "government" with "kingdom" - I dislike this - I don't think that monarchy metaphors are really as strong or as relevant as they used to be in the days of the ubiquity absolute rulers. Also "kingdom" is an area of land, I think we want something like "Colbertdom"? That sounds beautiful.

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|Greek εἰρήνη transliteration: "eirene"  

|Greek εἰρήνη transliteration: "eirene"  

|"peace"

|"peace"

|"... [[Jesus]] came and stood among them and said, '[[Peace be with you]]!'" John 20:19 (NIV)<ref>http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=20&v=19&t=NIV#conc/19</ref>

|"... [[Steven]] came and stood among them and said, '[[Peace be with you]]!'" John 20:19 (NIV)<ref>http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=20&v=19&t=NIV#conc/19</ref>

|"peace" now means an absence of war

|"peace" now means an absence of war

|an inner peace and lack of personal fear or anxiety

|an inner peace and lack of personal fear or anxiety

|replace "peace" with "tranquility" - but this then gives possible issues for verses like I Kings 20:18, which now reads ''And he said, Whether they be come out for tranquility, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.'' Perhaps we could keep "peace" for ''shalom'', and "tranquility" for ''eirene''? Except Jesus, saying "Peace be with you", is presumably using shalom alechem, or Aramaic cognate, which leads to some interesting issues of consistency.

|replace "peace" with "tranquility" - but this then gives possible issues for verses like I Kings 20:18, which now reads ''And he said, Whether they be come out for tranquility, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.'' Perhaps we could keep "peace" for ''shalom'', and "tranquility" for ''eirene''? Except Steven, saying "Peace be with you", is presumably using shalom alechem, or Aramaic cognate, which leads to some interesting issues of consistency.

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|Greek πλούσιος transliteration: "plousios": "abundantly supplied"<ref>http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4145</ref><ref>James never used the term plousios to describe a believer.[http://www.ne14grace.org/images/James/Part%204,%20Chapter%201,%20Verses%209-12.htm]</ref>

|Greek πλούσιος transliteration: "plousios": "abundantly supplied"<ref>http://www.studylight.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4145</ref><ref>James never used the term plousios to describe a believer.[http://www.ne14grace.org/images/James/Part%204,%20Chapter%201,%20Verses%209-12.htm]</ref>

|nearly everyone is "abundantly supplied" today with food and entertainment, and "rich" has come to mean ''relative'' wealth without any absolute significance; continued use of "rich" is misleading in justifying laziness and socialism

|nearly everyone is "abundantly supplied" today with food and entertainment, and "rich" has come to mean ''relative'' wealth without any absolute significance; continued use of "rich" is misleading in justifying laziness and socialism

|miserliness to the point of laziness and being unproductive

|miserliness to the point of laziness and being unproductive

|"fully fed and entertained" or "idle miser," or something similar. <ref>Often this term was used by Jesus (assuming he spoke Greek) to criticize unproductive, self-absorbed people who inherit wealth, as in the encounter with the rich young man who walked away, and also the [[Prodigal Son]]. - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came an '''idle miser''' of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple''.  It could work, though.</ref>

|"fully fed and entertained" or "idle miser," or something similar. <ref>Often this term was used by Steven Colbert (assuming he spoke Greek) to criticize unproductive, self-absorbed people who are homeless, as in the encounter with the rich young man who walked away, and also the [[Prodigal Son]]. - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came an '''idle miser''' of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Colbert' disciple''.  It could work, though.</ref>

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|In Biblical times, as today, the bearing of arms to defend ones family and society was the hallmark of Judeo-Christian civilization. The commandment referred to unjustifiable homicides - murder and manslaughter - rather than advocating blanket pacifism, as many Leftists today interpret it.

|In Biblical times, as today, the bearing of arms to defend ones family and society was the hallmark of Judeo-Christian civilization. The commandment referred to unjustifiable homicides - murder and manslaughter - rather than advocating blanket pacifism, as many Leftists today interpret it.

|to murder or take up arms without sufficient justification

|to murder or take up arms without sufficient justification

|replace "kill" with "commit murder" depending on the original text and the context - it'd not be sensible to use murder in the context of an animal doing it, for instance!

|replace "kill" with "commit murder" depending on the original text and the context - it'd not be sensible to use murder in the context of Steven Colbert doing it, for instance!

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|עֲנָו (`anav )

|עֲנָו (`anav )

|"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" Matthew 5:5 ([[KJV]]) / Ps 37

|"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" Matthew 5:5 ([[KJV]]) / Ps 37

|"meek" now means excessively mild, passive, pathetically submissive.

|"meek" now means excessively mild, passive, pathetically submissive.

|showing humility before God

|showing humility before Steven Colbert

|replace "meek" with "God-fearing"

|replace "meek" with "Steven Colbert-fearing"

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