The Christian's Handbook of Manuscript Evidence by Dr. Peter S. Ruckman

Author:Dr. Peter S. Ruckman [Ruckman, Dr. Peter S.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: BB Bookstore
Published: 2011-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Correcting the Greek

With the English

No one needs a lecture on the AV 1611. It is by far the most famous of all books and is hated and envied by Fundamental scholars exactly as it is hated and feared by “Popish persons.”1 There are scores of books available on the series of events which led to its publication, and there are scores of books to the effect that the “beauty of its Elizabethan English” justifies its popularity “with the common people,” etc. For 100 years scholars have been trying to replace it with Origen’s “Septuagint,” and now (with TV and Life and Look to aid them) they have just about put across the Madison Avenue campaign. To do it, however, they had to violate Paul’s admonition in 2 Timothy 2:15, and none of them probably ever saw that huge sign in the locker room of a professional ball club which read: “If you don’t win fair, you don’t win at all.”

In order to rid themselves of the hated “Authorized” Version, the modern scholars had to:

1. Lie about the Septuagint.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.