2007-06-21 00:24:15 · 11 answers · asked by G.xi 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think you mean the King James.
Originally the scriptures were on scrolls written by men selected by God as prophets, i.e. the Old Testament, or selected by Jesus as apostles, i.e. the New Testament.
However over time there were other documents that were written by men not selected by God or Jesus, but were passed along as ancient documents of the Biblical era.
It became necessary to make decisions about which texts were the word of God and which were there word of men. and to make things short, a group of theologians and philosophers were gathered together to study all the texts and decide which were to be included in the official word of God.
However these were not written in English, and the King of England, King James to be exact, commissioned a group of astute theologians to translate the scriptures into English, and it was called, ironically enough, the King James Bible.
Since then newer translations were made from the same texts, but were written in more modern English than the King James Bible.
There is too much information to put on a blurb on this forum.
grace2u
2007-06-21 00:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is one basic Bible with multiple translations. KING James is the name of a translation, Others are Revised Standard Version, New International Version, Jerusalem Bible, to name a few.
They agree on almost everything. I am not sure where you got the idea that they do not. What differs is how people interpret what they read.
The Bible used to be a loose set of scrolls and letters. Over time, people decided which ones should be included as the Bible. Some groups disagreed. This is why the Catholics and a few other denominations have a few extra books known as the Apocrypha. These are from what is called the intertestamnetal period between the Old and New Testaments. Once the "canon" or list of books to be included in the Bible was set, it has never been changed. Many look at the Council of Trent as the defining moment in canonization of the Scriptures.
2007-06-21 00:35:15 · answer #2 · answered by Linda R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A few of the reasons that there are so many translations (not versions) of the Bible are:
+ The English language is very complicated. It changes all the time. English is different in different countries. English can be different in different neighborhoods.
+ Biblical scholarship improves every day.
+ Archeology learns more and more about biblical times every year.
+ Distrust. Protestants cannot trust a Catholic translation and Catholics cannot trust a Protestant one. One Protestant denomination cannot trust a translation from a different denomination.
The original language documents have not really changed. The Dead Sea Scrolls helped prove this. The scrolls are important because they testify to the accuracy of the people who copied and recopied the Scriptures over the centuries. Despite minor errors, they show us that the Old Testament has not changed since it was compiled.
Why the Catholic Old Testament has seven extra books than the Protestant Old Testament is another story.
With love in Christ.
2007-06-21 16:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Italian Catholic mother-in-law has a Catholic Italian Bible. I have an English King James Bible.
She no speaka da English tu gud.
I turn to a certain scripture, tell it to my wife, who in turn tells her mom to turn to the same scripture.
INSTANT communication. She understands exactly what I am talking about. Kind of weird, being I cant understand a word she says, but the Bible makes it as plain as day.
I have also done this more than a few times at churches in Germany. Language barrier, turn to scripture, INSTANT communication.
They all do agree. The only real difference is the Catholic Apocrypha, which I believe covers the 400 'silent' years between the old and New Testament. There is no mis-translation, it is just not included in most Bibles that protestants have.
2007-06-21 00:44:17 · answer #4 · answered by fortheimperium2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Except that the Catholic versions include the apocryphal books, there are not different bibles, just different translations of the bible. Differences in translation can make a big difference in the interpretation. Christians should try to obtain original manuscripts, if possible, and learn to read Hebrew, ancient Greek, and Aramaic.
2007-06-21 00:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First english changes.
"Shambles" to day means a worn down building.
In 1611 it meant a meat market.
"Let" today means to allow
In 1611 it meant to hinder
Next
Words have different meanings
The english word 'fast' can mean
to move quickly
unmoveable
not to eat for a period of time
Different translators will choose the english word for the Greek or Hebrew word they think is best.
Example:
John 3:16 some bibles read 'perish' others read 'destroyed'
but the basic thought is there.
2007-06-21 02:05:34 · answer #6 · answered by TeeM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is legitimate, there are many bibles but they are not different translations of the same text. We know today that the origianl manuscripts of the Bible are lost to the mankind and what we have today is the Gospel of matthew, mark, Luke and John.
AMong these Gospels every church and denomination (which are more than 1500) interprets in its own way and the overall result is that they are making a mockery of the supposed word of GOD.
We do not have the Gospel of Jesus today, unfortunately it is lost but we can find true teachings of Jesus in the book called Qur'an because Qur'an is the quality control to the previous revelations.
2007-06-21 00:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by Darkness_to_Light 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The best i can do for you is give you a link. The answer to your question is way to envolved to post here.
Try google.
Look up Canon of the Bible
2007-06-21 00:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES THERE ARE MANY ERRORS in the translation of the Bible and many data do not agree with one another from King James to New King James or the Catholic or the American Catholic Bible. But the message of the Bible is what THE LORD GOD commanded mankind saying LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND MIND; AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. Thus, if you yourself commit an error and your actions are not consistent and erratic, you would not hate yourself but still love yourself; thus, love your neighbor though with errors and with erratic and poor behaviors. And not to criticize and belittle with malice your imperfect neighbors as no one is perfect. So am I and anybody else. THANKS GOD; FEAR GOD; GLORIFY GOD; HONOR GOD; LOVE GOD AND WORSHIP GOD. Pls visit my website-http://groups.yahoo.com/group/THEGOODNEWSOFTHEKINGDOM/
2007-06-21 00:34:00 · answer #9 · answered by Prophet John of the Omega 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its called the Spiritual War or Conflict.
2007-06-21 00:29:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋