Why would codex 177 be overlooked? By its Gregory-Aland number, it has obviously been known to NT textual critics for a long, long time. Perhaps it is because the BSB’s catalog description of this manuscript says nothing about the comma for this manuscript. However, a microfilm of the codex is surely to be found at ...
Holman’s King James Version Minister’s Bible is a nice Bible. The review copy that I received is bound in a simulated leather that is impressively like the real thing. This is a wide margin Bible. The margins are wide enough for brief notes, but are not extremely wide. There’s approximately a one inch margin ...
Which Translation Is Best? To the question: Which translation is best?—There can be no singular answer. I suggest that every Christian who is serious about studying the Bible own at least two translations. At least one formal equivalence (word-for-word) translation and one functional equivalence (phrase-for-phrase) translation. It would be even better to have two good ...
The delivery or tradition of doctrines according to the words, is when the church declares or publishes the very words which she has received, (after they have been delivered to her by God, either in writing or orally,) without any addition, diminution, change or transposition, whether from the repositories in which she has concealed the ...
Erik, over at Fundamentally Changed, has posted a very interesting piece about the King James Version Only movement and things that influenced it. Sharper Iron linked to the post, KJVO Debate Blog and Fundamentally Reformed have linked to it as well, and it has received scores of comments. The comments section has proved to be ...
Concerning The Preservation of The Scriptures “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. ” (Psalm 12:6–7, KJV) The above verses are used by KJVO believers to present the ...
Crossway’s ESV Study Bible is the subject of our review this week. Today I shall focus on two issues: quality of binding and introductory material. The ESV Study Bible that I received was quite good in quality. It was in a nice box, quite unlike most Bible boxes. This box seemed to be made for ...
Just a remind that the good folks at Crossway Books have given me a copy of Leland Ryken’s Understanding English Bible Translation. An expert, up-to-date clarification of the issues underlying modern Bible translation, combined with sound argument for an essentially literal translation philosophy. From the KJV to the NIV, NLT, ESV, and beyond, English Bible ...
The kind folks at Crossway Publishers have provided a book for me to give away. The book is by Leland Ryken and is entitled Understanding English Bible Translation: The Case for an Essentially Literal Approach. It is my intent to announce the winner of the giveaway next Tuesday. To enter, leave a comment or tweet ...
See it here. Now, whatever one may feel about the NIV, we must acknowledge that it is the Word of God. I do not like the NIV. It contains gospel truth, however, and it is blasphemous to compare it to books about witchcraft and burn it as if it were satanic in nature and origin. ...