[Magdalen] Interesting review, new New Testament translation

[Grace Cangialosi]

A few years ago I read “God’s Secretaries,” a fascinating history of the writing of the King James Bible. I suggested that my son might find it interesting, since he believes that’s the one true Bible. He said he wouldn’t read it if it messed with his theology.
I do recommend it, though!

On Dec 11, 2017, at 12:53 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>>>> Interesting, because I’ve never heard the suggestion that NT is anything other than a collection—like the Hebrew Bible. What’s the alternative view—that someone sat down and wrote it all out?<<<
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> Not just NT, but OT as well.  The "Bible" (must be capped) is one book, even though comprised of what they admit are called "books".  Anyway, to your question...
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> In the grouping of people that call themselves Christians that also do not admit there are any other legitimate "holy books" in existence other than the Bible, there's basically three camps:
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> 1)  those that believe that, yes, Someone sat down (not hard, as He's sitting on a throne to begin with) and "wrote it all out" by literally guiding the "writers'" hands as if by automatic writing;
> 2)  those that believe that each "writer" was genuinely and individually inspired to write what was written, but still guided by the Holy Spurt (pace Erma Bombeck) to the extent that they were still "following orders", as it were, in helping (albeit unwittingly) to prepare The Holy Bible, the author of which is God; and
> 3)  those that in spite of their blinkered version of Christianity nonetheless have done some reading in the realm of how the Bible actually came to be, but still believe in at least some form of direct divine inspiration (which latter isn't all too bad, I suppose).
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> A rare few of those populating category 3 have actually heard and/or read about Jerome and his work in gathering what more or less came to be the western canon.
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> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
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