>From what I understand the King James bible, while the most common translation, is also one of the worst. The translation was guided heavily by religious and political matter of the day.
-----Original Message----- From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:38 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Lost for centuries, a cache of photos spurs research on Islam's holy text. Translation of the bible into the language of the people sustained the Reformation. If you are going to say that scripture is a higher authority than church tradition, you have to make scripture accessible to the people. One of the great ironies of Christianity is that the King James bible was translated into the language spoken by ordinary people of the 16th century, yet it is held by some as superior to Bibles translated into the language spoken by ordinary people of today. I suppose it's human nature for religious authorities to gradually shroud the Bible in codes that require interpretation by a professional theologian. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Lost for centuries, a cache of photos spurs research on Islam's holy text. What about the disputes over the translation of the bible from latin to English and other languages. I was thinking for instance of the classic saying of Hugh Latimer to his friend Nicholas Ridley, as they were both about to be burned as heretics. -- Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. -- The issues of translation of the bible to English or other languages is/was very similar to the attitudes many conservative Islamics have towards the Koran. In other words a prelude to the reformation. I just hope that if its the case with Islam its a lot more peaceful than the christian reformation. >It's been a LOOOONG time since my last church history class....but I >thought the Reformation and resulting schism that gave rise to the >Protestant line of Christianity, was more in response to disputes over >the papacy and the granting of indulgences, among other things.....? > >If there was scholarly dispute over the divinity of anything, it was >the pope...i don't recall any similar dispute over sacred text???? > >On Jan 15, 2008 1:03 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251010 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
