[Faith-talk] King james / audio Bibles

[Doris and Chris]

Copyright for the nkjv is with Thomas Nelson 
1982. It was not really "written" as much as it 
was tranlsated and revised, which is a process 
that usually takes several years.

The English used in the KJV or Shakespeare is not 
Middle but early modern English. When reading 
Middle English, you will not understand nearly as 
much as with Shakespearean or KJV English.

Even for me as a non-native speaker, the kjv and 
Shakespeare are quite readable and enjoyable.The 
difficulty does not lie as much with the 
readability of the language as in some changes in 
usage that make some passages unclear. 
additionally, while at the top of scholarship at 
their time, more modern translations have access 
to earlier manuscripts, i.e. earlier to to the 
time of the early church and the earliest 
versions of Christian writings, which by some 
scholars are considered more reliable as there 
was less of a chance of transcription   errors 
being made than with later versions.

Finally, modern translationscan take into 
accounts the most recent findings of archeology 
and Biblical scholarship. For example, while the 
original RSV (Revised Standard Version 1947/52) 
is still considered one of the best scholarly and 
most widely accepted translations, it did not - 
could not - take into accounts recent discoveries 
as the Dead Sea scrolls as those had just been discovered in the late 1940's.

hth and God Bless,

Doris




At 07:08 PM 11/15/2011 -0500, you wrote:
>Do you know when the New king James was written? 
>The king James was written in 1600s I think and 
>uses middle English, kind of like reading 
>Shakespeare. Ashley -----Original Message----- 
>From: Paul Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 10:58 
>PM To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith 
>and religion Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] audio 
>Bibles Ashley and all, a portable Bible that 
>many have recommended is something called the 
>BibleCourier available from the Lutheran Braille 
>Evangelism Association in White Bear Lake, 
>Minnesota.  You can call them for prices and 
>versions at 651-426-0469 or go to their website 
>at http://www.lbea.org.  As to the New King 
>James Version, it still retains some of the 
>language of the old KJV but with some modern 
>renderings which make the meaning of some words 
>clearer.  For instance the word "prevent" 
>actually means precede, and there are other 
>similar modifications.  But all pronouns 
>referring to God, The Father, Son and Holy 
>Spirit are capitalized as in the KJV for two 
>main reasons, one to show respect to our 
>Almighty God and also to clarify their meaning 
>which could be made more confusing without the 
>capital letters.  In Braille it's available from 
>Braille Bibles International 
>(http://www.braillebibles.org.  It is also 
>available from Bible Gateway and, I believe, 
>even a BibleCourier version of the nKJV is 
>available.  Hope that helps.  Paul ----- 
>Original Message ----- From: "Ashley Bramlett" 
><bookwormahb at earthlink.net> To: "for the 
>discussion of faith and religion Faith-talk" 
><faith-talk at nfbnet.org> Sent: Sunday, November 
>13, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: [Faith-talk] audio 
>Bibles > Hi all, > > Where can I get audio 
>bibles? I am thinking either CD or Mp3 format. > 
>I also thought there was something that 
>contained the bible in one device > called a 
>Pocket Bible or something like that. > I have 
>the Niv in braille. I’d like the Good News 
>Bible. Also, anyone read > the New King James? I 
>know the King James is in older English, but do 
>not > know if the New King James is is a more 
>modern version or is easier to > understand. > I 
>might want that version too. Not sure. > > > 
>Everyone else can have a bible in their purse 
>and  its portable. Braille > is not that 
>portable though. But audio would be. > > 
>Ashley > > 
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