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Philosophy Does Not Mean Love for Wisdom: Case study of Hebrew Old Testament Phalasaphiya, i.e., False―Prophecy, Produced Philosophy



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Charles Ogundu Nnaji

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2019.06.007

The study digs deep into the Semitic-Hebrew Old Testament roots of the word “philosophy” particularly, noting Judges 6:13, Hebrew “Niphilo-tha esh sophru-lanu-abbotenu” transliterated into koine Greek New Testament as “phi-lo-sophia” which means “wonder stories (or teachings) taught us by our fathers; with the figurative meaning as, ‘Are you sure God exists?’”. The study, through its Semitic textual linguistic methodology, also identified Deuteronomy 25:3, Hebrew “Ha-Philo ha-Shophet”, which means “Human Judgments”, is another form of the Hebrew “Phenosophi” (i.e., human additions, Deut 25:3); then, 2 Samuel 3:34, Hebrew “Na-Phala-yo-shophim” (i.e., outdated or dead); please see Colossians 2:8, or to fall and die;; also, 2 Kings 10:23, Hebrew “Phen-Yeo-Shophu” (i.e., Godless people seen also in Job 9:24, Hebrew “Phenoshophet” (i.e., Godless or blind Judgements = Note also Job 22:13, Hebrew “Ara-Phel-yi-shophet” = blind or bad judges; also in 2 Corinthians 4:4, Greek New Testament “Tuphlosen (i.e., blindness). The study observed that 1 Chro 2:47, Hebrew “Epha-we-shaaph” is the Noun form of the Verb “E-phala-shaaphi”, which means “cleverly invented, vague, obscure or added”. The study recommends more studies on the origins and true meaning of philosophy; particularly, looking at Genesis 50:1, Hebrew “Phiolyoseph” which means, “worthless and helpless human knowledge”, while Genesis 48:11, Hebrew “Philalyoseph means, “I thought (I will not see) you again (yoseph = Joseph). If we go to the Septuagint Greek Old Testament Genesis 37:3-4, the Greek “Phileo-Yoseph” means “(Israel), loved Joseph”. The same Septuagint transliterated Daniel 1:20, Hebrew “Haheretumim and “Ha (philah) shaphim”, as Sophoi and Philosophoi, i.e., magicians and wizards. The study has also included Hebrew O.T. words or dictionary which produced the word “philosophy”.

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