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Rozzy · 10-21-2008, 04:56 AM

There are many bible versions published today, this in itself can be quite confusing to some one who is interested in the text and or would like to be familiar with it. Of the many versions there are those who will defend each and every one of them for a variety of reasons. The most precise and accurate bible ever produced in english is the KJV. The KJV is a version produced from something called the Textus Receptus also known as the Majority Text. The original translators compared about five thousand of the oldest MSS known and published the results in 1611. Today even now this text sets the standard for all the rest. Almost all, if not all new versions are from the Minority text also known as the Alexandrian text which I would not personally use.
I have many bibles of which I have studied and my favorites are the KJV original with Apocrypha, the Pe****ta and the Septuagint all of which have been translated into english.
Oxford KJV with Apocrypha
The Brenton Septuagint with Apocrypha
The Aramaic Pe****ta by Magiera
If you put the Septuagint (old testament) together with the Pe****ta (new testament)you will have a very good bible
Today there is a version called " The Cambridge Paragraph Bible with Apocrypha" This Bible would be very good for those who do not like the page layout of the usual two column page but would prefer a single full page layout. I highly recomend this version.
There are many and bitter arguements against the Apocrypha Proper that stem from peticular denominational doctrine rather than the facts.
These books were always in the Bible up until about 1895 when the bible societies banned them. The Septuagint Bible dates back to about 285 B.C. and did include these books intermingled with all the rest. These books cover the socalled silent period of four hundred years between the new and old testaments that your pastor likely told you about. That is the reason they are between the old and new testaments in the original Bibles. One asks, why is not the U.S. mentioned in scripture? Well, it is but you would have to read 1 and 2 Esdras along with 1 and 2 Maccabees to find it.
Do your own research and draw your own conclusions, there has been a whole lot of skullduggery thru the centuries.

Rozzy

10-21-2008, 04:56 AM	#14
Rozzy Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Yukon Posts: 29	Re: What Bible do you read? There are many bible versions published today, this in itself can be quite confusing to some one who is interested in the text and or would like to be familiar with it. Of the many versions there are those who will defend each and every one of them for a variety of reasons. The most precise and accurate bible ever produced in english is the KJV. The KJV is a version produced from something called the Textus Receptus also known as the Majority Text. The original translators compared about five thousand of the oldest MSS known and published the results in 1611. Today even now this text sets the standard for all the rest. Almost all, if not all new versions are from the Minority text also known as the Alexandrian text which I would not personally use. I have many bibles of which I have studied and my favorites are the KJV original with Apocrypha, the Pe**ta and the Septuagint all of which have been translated into english. Oxford KJV with Apocrypha The Brenton Septuagint with Apocrypha The Aramaic Peta by Magiera If you put the Septuagint (old testament) together with the Pe**ta (new testament)you will have a very good bible Today there is a version called " The Cambridge Paragraph Bible with Apocrypha" This Bible would be very good for those who do not like the page layout of the usual two column page but would prefer a single full page layout. I highly recomend this version. There are many and bitter arguements against the Apocrypha Proper that stem from peticular denominational doctrine rather than the facts. These books were always in the Bible up until about 1895 when the bible societies banned them. The Septuagint Bible dates back to about 285 B.C. and did include these books intermingled with all the rest. These books cover the socalled silent period of four hundred years between the new and old testaments that your pastor likely told you about. That is the reason they are between the old and new testaments in the original Bibles. One asks, why is not the U.S. mentioned in scripture? Well, it is but you would have to read 1 and 2 Esdras along with 1 and 2 Maccabees to find it. Do your own research and draw your own conclusions, there has been a whole lot of skullduggery thru the centuries. Rozzy