2007-01-28 04:29:10 · 7 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the dead sea scrolls
2007-01-28 04:34:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A) The Dead Sea Scrolls are NOT translations! They're the original manuscripts written by those who believed them.
B) The Dead Sea Scrolls are far more concerned with the lives and beliefs of the Essenes rather than any coming Messiah.
C) The KJV was translated mostly from the Latin Vulgate edition, itself a translation of the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek writings which the Catholic Church had decreed were the inspired word of God more than a thousand years earlier.
D) Therefore neither is correct OR incorrect. One is the original, the other is the best they could do with the materials they had.
2007-01-28 12:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea Scrolls are original documents. The King James Bible is many generations removed from the original documents.
2007-01-28 12:37:17 · answer #3 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Dead Sea Scrolls are written in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, therefore they are not translations. Since it is impossible to translate 100% word for word from one language to another, and the KJV is a translation, that would mean the Dead Sea Scrolls are correct and the KJV is not. (As far as translations go, the KJV reads pretty, but it is the worst translation out there, full of inaccuracies and out of date terms. IE: Corn in the Middle East?)
2007-01-28 15:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the king james bible is a translation, the dead sea scrolls are original text
2007-01-28 12:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea Scrolls are not a translation of anything. They are written in a dead language that must be translated to have any benefit. At least the KJV of the Bible is ready to be used... Jim
2007-01-28 13:14:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
They're both pretty close.
2007-01-28 12:37:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋