The term usually translated "the wicked" in English translations of Hebrew scripture is better translated "wrongdoers." This episode explains why and it also explains the implications of this difference - particularly as it relates to Psalm 1. While addressing translation issues to some degree, this episode has a greater focus on the practical lessons of this first part of the poem:

"Cheers for the man who ain't done gone in the counsel of wrongdoers..."

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2023/08/20/aint-done-gone-in-the-counsel-of-wrongdoers-psalm-1-nabt/

Different Ways to Follow the Podcast: https://www.bdsda.com/2021/08/19/follow-the-trent-wilde-blog-podcast/

Music by Trent Wilde

This explains why a very common Hebrew conjugation is best translated using a feature of certain non-standard varieties of English. Also, we learn how this impacts the meaning of Psalm 1. More specifically, the Hebrew Qatal form is best translated using the "preverbal done" found in English dialects such as African American English and Southern American English. Both Qatal and "preverbal done" convey the perfective aspect. If you don't know what all these terms mean - no worries, their explained in the episode. :)

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2023/08/20/aint-done-gone-in-the-counsel-of-wrongdoers-psalm-1-nabt/

Perfective Done (Yale Grammatical Diversity Project): https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/perfective-done

If you read Bible translations, you should listen to this. Most translations aren't as good as they could be. You'll learn about some of the key problems and how they can be resolved. The issues include translating male-biased language, maintaining (or failing to maintain) distinctions between words, translation consistency, and dealing with the nuances and complexities of language. All this is explored through taking a detailed look at the first line of "Psalm 1" and its translation in Not A Bible Translation (NABT).

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2023/08/04/cheers-for-the-man-who-psalm-1-nabt/

00:00 Intro

01:32 "Psalm 1" wasn't originally "Psalm 1"

04:00 Why NABT isn't immutable

10:56 "Cheers" - Maintaining Distinctions Between Words

22:30 Phrase Function

25:50 Root Consistency

29:31 Nuanced View of Consistency in Translation

47:01 "Man" - dealing with male-biased language

58:14 "Who"

1:00:30 Summary

This introduces a new translation of "Psalm 1" (part of Not A Bible Translation). You'll learn why a new translation is needed and what is different about Not A Bible Translation. In the process, we cover some of the issues with modern English Bible Translations and also how Not A Bible Translations deals with the fact that the English language is not one thing, but rather a whole bunch of things (a collection of varieties). Two main uncommon features of Not A Bible Translation are 1) it isn't a revision of previous translations, and

2) it doesn't translate into Standardized English, but instead utilizes whatever variety of English provides the most accurate English reflection of the Hebrew in each given instance.

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2023/07/19/not-a-bible-translation-of-psalm-1/

Family Tree of English Bible Translations: https://i.redd.it/4dy9mww4gd1a1.png

This is an introduction to, and overview of, our recent series Before Spirit Was Spiritualistic: Philosophical Materialism from Genesis to Jesus.

Blog Article - http://www.bdsda.com/2023/04/03/before-spirit-was-spiritualistic-upcoming-series-april-may-2023/

Before Spirit Was Spiritualistic: Philosophical Materialism from Genesis to Jesus Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4_HDw_7F5K2GpgKtdh3kNTMX9s03tjs

Are You Minding What Matters? YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@AreYouMindingWhatMatters

Jeremiah Against Orthodoxy (Ancient and Modern) - http://www.bdsda.com/2023/01/24/jeremiah-against-orthodoxy-ancient-and-modern/

Ancient religions had requirements for admission into sacred spaces - usually sacrifices and purification rites. The requirements had nothing to do with true beliefs or moral behavior. This was true of pagan religions and of many in ancient Israel as well. There was, however, a philosophical school in ancient Israel that was particularly concerned about truth and morality. We consider an ancient Israelite poem that gives conditions for entering Yahweh's tent. What are the conditions? Not animal sacrifices or other typical ritual demands, but instead, the conditions are exclusively moral, and the description of the moral conditions makes it evident that the author was a proponent of truth-based morality.

If the poem sounds familiar, you've probably read translations of it before. It's known as "Psalm 15" in the book of Psalms of the later Hebrew tradition and "Psalm 14" in the book of Psalms of the later Greek tradition. Originally, though, the poem was an independent composition. Since ancient naming traditions often named something according to the first line, this poem might have originally been called, "Yahweh, Who May Travel Into Your Tent?" The translation of the poem in this podcast is my own translation: Not A Bible Translation.

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2023/01/04/who-may-travel-into-yahwehs-tent/

According to the Hebrew prophets and the early Jesus-movement, God is an individual, material being - not a bodiless mind diffused through (and beyond) space and time.

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2022/10/07/god-a-purely-material-person/

personality of god Archives - (bdsda.com)

You can watch the recordings of the (now finished) Zoom Series at this link: Zoom Series from Oct. 11-17 (2022) - The Personality of God: An SDA Pillar Doctrine - (bdsda.com)

Jesus and his early followers understood him to be a purely physical being, having no non-physical aspect.

Blog Article: Jesus: A Purely Material Person - (bdsda.com)

Home - (bdsda.com)

You can watch the recordings of the (now finished) Zoom Series at this link: Zoom Series from Oct. 11-17 (2022) - The Personality of God: An SDA Pillar Doctrine - (bdsda.com)

Jesus' doctrine of bodily resurrection as the only hope of future life is inconsistent with the idea that humans have non-physical souls.

Blog Article: http://www.bdsda.com/2022/10/05/resurrection-the-only-hope-of-future-life/

The Scripture Doctrine of Materialism by Thomas Cooper - (bdsda.com)

Ancient Israelites didn't believe what most people today believe about death. Humans, to them, were organized dirt that return to dirt at death, having nothing non-physical in their nature - nothing that might exist independent of the body.

Blog Article: To Dirt You Will Return (Israelite Anthropology) - (bdsda.com)

You can watch the recordings of the (now finished) Zoom Series at this link: Zoom Series from Oct. 11-17 (2022) - The Personality of God: An SDA Pillar Doctrine - (bdsda.com)