{"id":2507,"date":"2021-05-11T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T14:45:30","slug":"s1-e4-the-language-of-scripture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/s1-e4-the-language-of-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"S1 E4: The Language of Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2508 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/files\/2021\/05\/MindiThompson2017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this episode we talk to Dr. Melinda Thompson. We discusses original biblical languages, particularly Greek. 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