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Discussion in 'Bible Versions & Translations' started by John of Japan, Dec 28, 2020.

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  1. Yeshua1

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    You were right, and I was wrong!
    "The Trinitarian Bible Society has been associated with the King James Only movement, due to its exclusive sales of the KJV Bible in English and number of articles defending the KJV and against other modern versions such as the NASB, NIV, ESV, and NKJV. [4] However, the Society stated "The Trinitarian Bible Society does not believe the Authorised Version to be a perfect translation, only that it is the best available translation in the English language."[5]

    Unlike others in the King James Only movement, the Society claims, "The supernatural power involved in the process of inspiration, and in the result of inspiration, was exerted only in the original production of the sixty-six Canonical books of the Bible (2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 3:15-16)."

    "Translations from the original languages are likewise to be considered the written Word of God in so far as these translations are accurate as to the form and content of the Original."

    "Translations made since New Testament times must use words chosen by uninspired men to translate God’s words. For this reason no translation of the Word of God can have an absolute or definitive status. The final appeal must always be to the original languages, in the Traditional Hebrew and Greek texts."[6]"
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    "The Trinitarian Bible Society does not believe the Authorised Version to be a perfect translation, only that it is the best available translation in the English language."


    But if so, then where does the TBS identify *any* place in the KJV where they consider a reading to be imperfect, inadequate, less than "definitive ", or defective in any way?

    I didn't think so....
     
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    They technically would not be KJVO, but did not notice them having any other versions on their site for sale!
     
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    The TBS constitution requires them to distribute in English only the KJV. That is a given.

    The question is, in light of their statement as quoted, if they do not claim the KJV to be a "perfect" translation (as per the KJVOs), then where or when have they *ever* noted any place where the KJV rendering is *not* "perfect"?
     
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    Allow me! :confused: :Biggrin :Whistling


    Actually a serious question, John - was there an uproar of the "1611" group when the 1769 came out?
     
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    The 1679 Baptist Confession:

    "XXXVII. Article.
    Of the Sacred Scripture.
    The Authority of the holy Scripture, dependeth not upon the Authority of any Man, but only upon the Authority of God....no Decrees of Popes, or Councils, or Writings of any Person whatsoever, are of equal Authority with the sacred Scriptures. And by the holy Scriptures we understand, the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, as they are now translated into our English Mother-Tongue....All which are given by the Inspiration of God"
     
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    SDA Dr. Ben Wilkinson wrote his 1930 book, Our Authorized Bible Vindicated in response to a squabble within his cult over certain doctrines & over a couple of Bible versions, especially the British RV of 1881, which was never particularly well-liked anywhere. When the squabble was resolved, W lost interest in that book. That's why he remained silent about it when J. J. Ray heavily plagiarized it in 1955 in his God Wrote Only One Bible without acknowledging W at all. That book, promoted thru modern media, got the current edition of the KJVO myth off the ground, but it didn't really fly until the early 1970s when good modern versions began coming out.
     
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    None of my histories of the English Bible say anything about an uproar.

    The 1769 was actually the culmination of a process that ended in what we have today. A man named Dr. Thomas Paris worked mainly on the italics in a corrected version brought out in 1762. He missed some, though, and in particular left a mistake in the italics of Eccles. 7:1. ("Good" should be in italics. Check your own KJV; mine retains the error.) Then in 1769 Dr. Benjamin Blayney did the 1769 revision. He also left some italics errors in. (This is from Dewey M. Beegle, God's Word into English, pp. 113-114.)

    Concerning the 1769 corrections: "In 1769 Dr. Blayney introduced into the Oxford Bible 76 changes, including many on weights, measures and coins. These were practically private changes made to elucidate the text as it had been preserved from its final revision. As late as 1873 the Cambridge Paragraph Bible gave a list of variations from the text of the King Janmes Version as it first appeared in 1611, that covered sixteen closely printed pages" (Ira Maurice Price, The Ancestry of Our English Bible, 281-282).
     
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    Thank you John!
     
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    I guess it depends on how one defines "KJVO." I do know their American rep, and he's all about the Greek and Hebrew, but especially the Hebrew.
     
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    This is a suitable addition to the timeline.
     
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    Thanks. This definitely belongs in the timeline after 1930, but we're not there yet. Stay tuned.
     
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    1882—Hort and Westcott edit their famous two volume edition of the Greek New Testament. Volume 1 is the Greek NT, and Volume 2 is their textual commentary. They choose the Alexandrian family of manuscripts as their “Neutral Text,” meaning the text that is closest to the original manuscripts, in their opinion.

    1883—John Burgon writes The Revision Revised. He is opposed to Westcott and Hort, and defends the traditional text of the Greek NT. Burgon becomes a go to scholar for KJVO advocates, even though he himself was not even TR only, since he did not believe the TR was perfect. (He is often called “Dean Burgon,” but “dean” refers to his position as Dean of Chichester in the Church of England, and is not his name.)
     
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    As to my actual question, it would be of interest to hear what the TBS representative might say about the TBS's own claim that the KJV is not a perfect translation. If so, at what point in the text would the rep admit that the KJV rendering is something less than "perfect"? I simply have never seen such acknowledged in any TBS publication, although they have never had a problem in telling everyone what is *not* correct or "less than perfect" in every other English translation, including those based on the TR like the NKJV.
     
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    Yes, as that states that inspiration was to the original books....
     
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    Interesting that the Kjvo movement was kick started by a Cultist!
     
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    They do not state that they are Kjvo, but in practice they act as if they are!
     
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    Is the Cambridge 1873 Kjv edition still regarded as being the "best" edition, as in least amount of mistakes and typos in it?
     
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    Christians bravely fighting against a perfect Bible of any kind anywhere...
     
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