What makes the King James Version so special? Does it sound fancy and official because it's in old English?
It borrowed heavily from the previously published Douay-Rheims Bible. This English language Bible was translated from the Latin Vulgate Bible. The Latin Vulgate was itself a translation by St. Jerome in the 4th century. When the Bible Canon was being originally formed, Jerome was tasked by Pope St. Damasus with translating the scriptures from Greek and Aramaic into the one language that was being commonly spoken at the time, Latin.
In the centuries between the Old and New Testatment, Hebrew became a dead language and the Hebrew bible was translated into Aramaic by Palentians Jews. Greek Jews also translated the Bible between 250-100 B.C. Called the Septuagint, the Greek Orthodox Church still uses this version today in some of its liturgy.
While versions of the Bible have been created over the centuries which either unintentionally or intentionally distorted a truer translation, most of these have already been purged.
CANTON, N.C. (October 13, 2009)—The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, N.C. will celebrate Halloween by burning Bibles that aren’t the King James Version, as well as music and books and anything else Pastor Marc Grizzard says is a satanic influence.
Among the authors whose books Grizzard plans to burn are well known ministers Rick Warren and Billy Graham because he says they have occasionally used Bibles other than the King James Version, which is the sole biblical source he considers infallible.
According to the church’s Web site, members will also burn “Satan's music such as country, rap, rock, pop, heavy metal, western, soft and easy, southern gospel, contemporary Christian, jazz, soul (and) oldies.
“We will also be burning Satan's popular books written by heretics like Billy Graham, Rick Warren, Bill Hybels, John McArthur, James Dobson, Charles Swindoll, John Piper, Chuck Colson, Tony Evans, Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swagart, Mark Driskol, Franklin Graham, Bill Bright, Tim Lahaye, Paula White, T.D. Jakes, Benny Hinn, Joyce Myers, Brian McLaren, Robert Schuller, Mother Teresa, The Pope, Rob Bell, Erwin McManus, Donald Miller, Shane Claiborne, Brennan Manning (and) William Young.
2 comments:
Don't know how much the good pastor knows about the Bible, but there are quite a few mistakes in his quotes. Modern Greeks do not use the Septuagint or the Koine Greek NT. They use the Bambas Modern Greek edition. Hebrew did not become a dead language between Old and New Testaments - it was still spoken by religious Jews, although Aramaic was spoken more widely. There is no such thing as "Palentian Jews".
What you list are my comments, not his quotes.
The Septuigant is used in some regards by the Christian Greek Orthodox church. The post has been updated to clarify that against the impression it is currently used by Greek Jews.
Dead language does not mean extinct. Latin has long been a dead language, but was and still used in comminication by the Catholic Church.
Palestinian Jews is a venacular term to describe the Jews living in area commonly called Palestine. It has nothing to do with modern day political divisions.
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