Though, I could have gone out and bought one; I decided to download a free one to my Kindle Fire. It's the English Standard Version, and a pleasure to read and be encouraged in.
Sometimes when I just want to read and not have to think too hard about what the writers might have meant, I grab my soft cover Message by Prof. Petersen (I know it's not a Bible in the traditional sense; but what a relief it is after so many years of being afraid to read anything else but the King James Bible.)
I know there are those who are only happy when they are reading a King James Bible, and I have to admit that most of what is in my memory is in King James Bible English (I must be careful here because, the English used was in some places specially adapted to manage the complexities of the Language)
Okay, now to the meaty part of why I made this my first post, after so many years of being absent from BL301. I've heard it said that the reason that the King James Bible (1611) is not much good anymore (as a study Bible), is because it was working with the manuscripts unaware that the writers were using different Greek. I'm obviously referring to the New Testament and what is called Koine Greek.
One last thing. Recently -- that's about a year ago, the announcement was out that we now have the NA28 -- what I'm wondering though, is who is going to do what Bruce Metzger did with the 4th Edition (or is that out already?) -- Bart Ehrman? Heaven forbid, for what will be left to enjoy, if his carving style were to do this?
I hope this is not a bad post, but I need to start somehow and so I'm just throwing a few thoughts into the pool of thoughts, not to stir up a fight, but instead to stir up some serious factual responses.
Please be mature about this, and don't use this to rant.
Kindly,
Eric
Sometimes when I just want to read and not have to think too hard about what the writers might have meant, I grab my soft cover Message by Prof. Petersen (I know it's not a Bible in the traditional sense; but what a relief it is after so many years of being afraid to read anything else but the King James Bible.)
I know there are those who are only happy when they are reading a King James Bible, and I have to admit that most of what is in my memory is in King James Bible English (I must be careful here because, the English used was in some places specially adapted to manage the complexities of the Language)
Okay, now to the meaty part of why I made this my first post, after so many years of being absent from BL301. I've heard it said that the reason that the King James Bible (1611) is not much good anymore (as a study Bible), is because it was working with the manuscripts unaware that the writers were using different Greek. I'm obviously referring to the New Testament and what is called Koine Greek.
One last thing. Recently -- that's about a year ago, the announcement was out that we now have the NA28 -- what I'm wondering though, is who is going to do what Bruce Metzger did with the 4th Edition (or is that out already?) -- Bart Ehrman? Heaven forbid, for what will be left to enjoy, if his carving style were to do this?
I hope this is not a bad post, but I need to start somehow and so I'm just throwing a few thoughts into the pool of thoughts, not to stir up a fight, but instead to stir up some serious factual responses.
Please be mature about this, and don't use this to rant.
Kindly,
Eric
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