Why would bible believing Christians want to learn biblical Hebrew? With Dr. Jonathan Lipnick

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Yes and the modern transmissions(translations) -some, such as NASB, but not all~ are directly from the ancient hebrew and/or greek, aramaic, et al texts. However, I find if one does not fully appreciate or trust the available sources one can and why not should, learn so as to translate for themselves.

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Yes, Hebrew is very important to learn b/c it is the source language...and yes, time will change everything even the speaker Dr. Lipnick. About distortion, I would say that it is not malicious distortion but there are natural and expectantly so, changes in all languages from their cradles as people change in history with nuances over time, geography, or distance, and culture and from generation to generation and this occurs even within the same language family and there is cogent reason to learn Hebrew since it was preserved so well as well as ancient Greek, or Koine Greek serving the plan of God to speak to us today. We all need translations and I would say that God speaks in the mother language of the heart and place we were born in and it is written "plain enough" to be understood b/c God is a God of disclosure or revelation. and He wants to know Him.