Caroline wrote: > I wouldn't add words but some copyists did. Those who add words either attempt to create their own version of the Bible, or they do so for their own personal use, much like many might write in the margins of their Bibles. Surely you recognize the difference between this and copying the Bible for the purpose of making another copy and preserving it. If nobody actually attempted to copy the Bible correctly, we would not have any consistency at all to the Bibles that we now have.
Do you understand my point that in regards to the paradigm of copying the Bible accurately, the more likely mistake would be to omit words rather than add words? Certainly it would seem to me that if we have 5,000 texts which are very much alike, and two texts that are not alike, not even to each other, but happen to be older, we should tend toward the belief that the 5,000 texts are probably more accurate than the two older texts. Do you have a problem with this kind of reasoning? Caroline wrote: > One of your president, Thomas Jefferson, separated out what > he considered religious dogma and the supernatural from the > ethical teachings of the bible to make his own bible. Thomas Jefferson was a Deist. He did not believe in Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. Jefferson did this for his own personal use. I don't remember reading anywhere that he had ever tried to publish his Bible. Do you know otherwise? Caroline wrote: > Other people added words and phrases to incorporate their > dogma into the work. That's just how humans are. Not all humans. I have never done that. Guys like Joseph Smith and Thomas Jefferson did it because they believed that the Bible had been corrupted. Not everyone who copied the Bible believed that it had been corrupted. Caroline wrote: > By the way, it was not the Codex Sinaiticus that von > Tischendorf found in the garbage can, not that it's all > that important. For the full history of the Codex, > check out this site: > http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/C/Co/Codex_Sinaiticus.htm This link does not give the full history and it has misled you. Tischendorf first saw the whole text in the trash can ready to be burned on his first trip. Read Tischendorf's account for yourself and you will find that this is the case. The problem was that they would not give it to him because he was all excited about it. Later (I think about 15 years later), he saw the same manuscript again and this time was able to get it. Somebody had apparently took it out of the trash can and kept it for all those years. Tischendorf himself says that this was probably because Tischendorf had gotten all excited about it on his first trip and the monks perceived that it might be worth some money. Tischendorf had asked them to keep all such manuscripts safe when he might return again for them at a later date. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
