Which translation do you enjoy?

[Scott Pitta]

Steve is one remarkable man. But neither he nor I am a textual critic.

Which published textual critics are of the opinion Sinaiticus is late ? Where are those journal articles ?

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Steve is one remarkable man. But neither he nor I am a textual critic.

Which published textual critics are of the opinion Sinaiticus is late ? Where are those journal articles ?

Do you only buy bread after securing an official pronouncement from a professional baker? Or are you able to examine evidence and make a decision for yourself?

I invite you to read this:

http://www.purebibleforum.com/showth...00s-production

[Esaias]

textual criticism noun
Definition of textual criticism
1 : the study of a literary work that aims to establish the original text
2 : a critical study of literature emphasizing a close reading and analysis of the text

textual critic noun
Definition of textual critic
: a practitioner of textual criticism

So who is a "textual critic" again?

[Scott Pitta]

The data contained in the link is unimpressive.

Which textual scholars provide evidence for a late date for Sinaiticus ???

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

The data contained in the link is unimpressive.

Which textual scholars provide evidence for a late date for Sinaiticus ???

Took you 7 minutes to come to your conclusion? Well, never mind then. Clearly, since you are "not a textual critic", your lack of impress is, shall we say, unimpressive.

[Steven Avery]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Took you 7 minutes to come to your conclusion?

touche!

Nice to have a hearty morning laugh !

[coksiw]

It is hard to reason with KJV only people. It is almost like a cult. They think they know it all and figured all out. I’m thankful my Church and my denomination is not.

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by coksiw

It is hard to reason with KJV only people. It is almost like a cult. They think they know it all and figured all out. I’m thankful my Church and my denomination is not.

I am not KJV only. Your response here indicates YOU might be the unreasonable one. The know it all attitude, by the way, I have seen far more often with the anti KJV crowd than otherwise. At least the majority of KJ defenders are willing to actually interact with the data, whereas so far in this thread I haven't seen much from the other side.

[Rose]

WOW, completely ignorant here on this topic...so, what is the consensus on the truest bible translation that we should be reading? Really interested.

[coksiw]

Originally Posted by Rose

WOW, completely ignorant here on this topic...so, what is the consensus on the truest bible translation that we should be reading? Really interested.

David Bernard, UPCI superintendent, theology book author, who wrote a book about all this topic called Infallible Word of God (Amazon, great reviews) recommends, from more literal to more idiomatic KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, NIV, NLT. He also recommends that for devotional and such, stick with a conservative literal translation: KJV, NKJV, NASB or ESV. He also says that if you go with the KJV you may need a dictionary to fully understand the archaic meaning of old English words. You can find this information also in his book Interpreting God’s Word.