What religion has the best interpretation of the Holly Bible?

Question

Catholic, Protestant, Jehovah's Wintness, Baptist, etc.,

Answer 1

if you read the original text of the Bible, you will see that even though the king james has flaws it is the most accurate of all the translations.

Answer 2

Hi,
Quite simply, no interpretation of the Bible has any place in teaching it.
The Bible will speak for itself if you read it all. There are no contradictions in the Bible other than what man has made through the translations of original words.
Other examples of not listening to scripture are this; Eze 18:4 'the soul that sins shall die' how many religions teach you that? They all teach of an immediate after life but that is not what the bible says, and there are many other examples.
If YOU want to know God he has written a book, read it and use it to question all religions.

Answer 3

Old Testament:
In fact, the New World Translation is a scholarly work. In 1989, Professor Benjamin Kedar of Israel said:
"In my linguistic research in connection with the Hebrew Bible and translation, I often refer to the English edition as what is known as the New World Translation. In doing so, I find my feeling repeatedly confirmed that this kind of work reflects an honest endeavor to achieve an understanding of the text that is as accurate as possible. Giving evidence of a broad command of the original language, it renders the original words into a second language understandably without deviating unnecessarily from the specific structure of the Hebrew....Every statement of language allows for a certain latitude in interpreting or translating. So the linguistic solution in any given case may be open to debate. But I have never discovered in the New World Translation any biased intent to read something into the text that it does not contain."

New Testament:

While critical of some of its translation choices, BeDuhn called the New World Translation a “remarkably good” translation, “better by far” and “consistently better” than some of the others considered. Overall, concluded BeDuhn, the New World Translation “is one of the most accurate English translations of the New Testament currently available” and “the most accurate of the translations compared.”—Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament.

“Here at last is a comprehensive comparison of nine major translations of the Bible:

King James Version, New American Standard Bible, New International Version, New Revised Standard Version, New American Bible, Amplified Bible, Today's English Version (Good News Bible), Living Bible, and the New World Translation.

The book provides a general introduction to the history and methods of Bible translation, and gives background on each of these versions. Then it compares them on key passages of the New Testament to determine their accuracy and identify their bias. Passages looked at include:

John 1:1; John 8:58; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-20; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1

Jason BeDuhn
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair
Department of Humanities, Arts, and Religion
Northern Arizona University

(Please note that according to Dr. Jason BeDuhn, only the NWT translated John 1:1 correctly)

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Answer 4

Who has the cleanest drainwater? Oxymoron isn't it? No disrespect intended, but the bible itself has gone through so many interpretations, additions, subtractions, spins, inventions, editions, revisions, circumventions that I am still surprised they call it the "bible" (well it is simply a latin derivative that means "book"). Point is, how can there be a correct interpretation of a tremendously interpreted interpretation? Reason with me. Read the Qur'an now. Not a word has been changed since it was revealed. Do yourself some justice- the truth always prevail right?

Answer 5

Who's the best; I have no idea. But I prefer to follow roman catholic theaching authority (magisterium) for bible intrepretation; I don't say protestant and baptist to be wrong and I don't agree with jehovah witnesses.

Answer 6

The Catholic church (not necessarily Catholics in general) has the right to the only authoratative interpretation of scripture, because the Catholic church compiled and wrote the scriptures, and the Catholic church is the only church that enjoys the continuous guidance and presence of the Holy Spirit, as promised by none other than Jesus Christ.

Jesus never provided any such assurances to any other person or group.

Answer 7

I'll let you know when I find a sect that has a thoroughly sound one.

Failed so far:
Roman Catholics (one of the best, but some faults)
Jehovah's Witnesses (only a few minor *certain* faults, but significant baseless interpretation)
Baptists (demands individual interpretation - a real problem)
7th Day Adventists (significant faults, significant baseless interpretations)
UPC, Church of God of Prophecy, others (speaking in tongues during services without interpretation, something I consider significant)
Several others that I do not recall right now.

Jim, non-sectarian but still a Christian

Answer 8

Jesus Christ appointed only one Church to interpret the Bible - The Catholic Church.

Some things in the Bible, such as the parables of Jesus, are clearly symbolic, but what about other things, such as Christ's words about the Eucharist? Are they to be taken literally or symbolically? Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, many Lutherans, and many Anglicans take them literally. Evangelicals, Fundamentalists, and other Protestants do not.

Yet all Christians claim Christ's words, as well as the tenor of the New Testament, support their belief, and all claim to know what Christ intended when he spoke them. How do we decide who's right?

Based on literary and historical analysis, scholars often can determine how the biblical writer wanted his words to be understood. This is why in studying Scripture we should familiarize ourselves with its literary and historical background.

Still, scholarship alone can't solve all of our interpretative problems. There are scholars, for instance, who affirm the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and those who deny it, just as there are those who think the New Testament teaches distinctively Catholic beliefs and those who don't.

Because of the possibility (and frequency) of such scholarly impasses, the Catholic Church insists that Christ established the Magisterium--the teaching authority of the Church--to propound biblical truth infallibly. The authentic explanation of the biblical message has been left neither to our own meager interpretive abilities, nor to the greater, yet still finite, exegetical skills of scholars, but has been safeguarded by God himself.

Answer 9

there is only one bible but I believe catholics and Jehovah's witnesses have their own version I would not read those. Christians believe the bible in general the translations should all say the same thing.

Answer 10

I,myself interpret The Bible as I see it.I do not follow ,everyone views things different.