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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 507713, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome to the forum, Dave Whaling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine is a &#039;Statenbijbel&#039; with etchings by Rembrandt.</p><p>It is a special bible and I want it for two reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>First is of course the biblical etchings by Rembrandt, beautiful. I believe it also has some illustrations of his paintings. Rembrandt consulted a Rabbi for some of his work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, the Statenbijbel is a real theologians bible.</p><p>It was translated into Dutch from the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koinè Greek nearly 400 years ago, and is still considered to be the best translation in the Dutch language. The translators had a sound knowledge of the languages and a theological knowledge of the original meaning of the texts in those languages. It was a huge project at the time, several theological committees were instituted by the state, the Dutch republic, to oversee the translation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most Dutch now wouldn&#039;t understand 17th century Dutch. But if you do, the language of this bible is truly beautiful.</p><p>I have a Rembrandt bible, one of many versions published in Dutch, but it is not the old Staten translation.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statenvertaling.net%2Fbeeld%2Ffeestmaal_grt.jpg&amp;sp=a22c55037744d25cedc8c57955ed65d6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is for when I find it, &quot;The Prodigal Son&quot; raising a glass<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.statenvertaling.net/beeld/remb_vz_erfdeel_grt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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