[Faith-talk] Bible Translations

[karin]

The first Bible translation I now remember reading is the Revised Standard version and then I did the NIV.  These are all good.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ashley Bramlett 
  To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion 
  Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 8:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations


  Jeanette,
  Me too. I used the niv because it was the only one I could find in braille.
  I think I like the Good News Bible too. If I get another bible either in 
  audio or electronic text, I want to read the NKJ. I think I'd follow it 
  better than KJ since that has the thous and thee's and  thine, etc in it.

  Ashley

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: Jeanette
  Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 7:45 PM
  To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
  Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations

  i learned many scriptures and did many a bible study with the NIV it was the
  only version i could get in braille for many years, i now have a nkjv and
  enjoy it but have also used the nasv and the rsv for study, many folks, good
  Christian folks as far as i know like all kinds of versions, i thinkit again
  is a personal preference and we should not judge others for the version they
  use, i find the idea that one version is the only one to use part of the
  legalism that some folks love and push, thanks for the information in this
  email
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  To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
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  Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 5:39 PM
  Subject: [Faith-talk] Bible Translations


  > Well the topic of good and bad Bible versions has come up, and I
  > believe it merits a new thread. As some of you might have guessed by
  > my Baptist roots, I hold to the Authorized King James version and
  > continue to use it exclusively. However, I used to believe that it was
  > the ONLY Word of God for the English-speaking population because that
  > was what my church teaches. Not only that, but to my knowledge the KJV
  > wasn't copyrighted by a nonprofit corporation with a vested economic
  > interest in its usage like the more modern versions. That was until I
  > did the research. Turns out, The KJV is public domain worldwide except
  > in Great Britain. The laws in force at that time pre-date any modern
  > copyright legislation, but the right to disseminate the KJV is
  > bestowed upon whomever the Sovereign wishes to grant it to, and today
  > that right is held by Cambridge University Press. Not only that, but
  > the KJV was written by Anglicans with an ulterior political agenda,
  > and nothing could go into the KJV that the king, as the
  > self-proclaimed spiritual authority in England, did not first approve.
  > However, I still hold to the KJV because it sparked a myriad of
  > old-time revivals and turned many a gambling drunkard into a
  > Christian. Although the newer versions may be easier to understand,
  > some of the corporations producing these newer Bibles tend to water
  > the message down and compromise the Word of God to be more politically
  > correct. A good new version that claims not to compromise the truth is
  > the New American Standard Bible, but old habits are hard to break, and
  > I for one will keep my KJV.
  >
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