ENGL 432: Studies in the English Language

Passages from the English Hexapla



1. The Prohibition against swearing

1b. (the same passage from the Geneva Bible)

1c. (the same passage from the Douay-Rheims Bible)

1d. What did ὀμόσαι 'omosai' mean?

2. The Lord's Prayer

3. Put Away Childish Things

4. How to translate 'agape'?

5. Better to Marry than to Burn

6. If you would be Perfect

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