Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 1951

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1951. Such people, moreover, in spite of being most skilled in languages such as Hebrew, nevertheless have hallucinated, and do hallucinate much more in their translation of holy scripture than translators who had not been critics, even if they had less understanding of grammar. This could be proven in many instances, even though a contrary opinion has a firm hold on human minds. 1748, 13 May.


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