Tuesday, December 19, 2023

God's Transliterated Name in the New Testament

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Generally, in quotations from the Old Testament, the name of God, YHWH, is not translated or transliterated, but instead is substituted with...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

John Bois' Notes on Revelation as it pertains to Revelation 16:5

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Translating for King James: notes made by a translator of King James' Bible , translated and edited by Ward Allen, purports to be a tran...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Reception of Beza's Change to the Text of Revelation 16:5

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Around 1611, the King James Version translators edited the Bishop's Bible at Revelation 16:5 to conform to Beza's reading.  This was...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

How Dare I Appeal to the Majority of Greek Manuscripts!

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In some places where the King James Version follows the wrong Greek text, it is fairly straightforward to demonstrate this from an appeal to...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Translator's Notes - A Cautionary Tale

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Thanks very much to Timothy Berg for his article, " A Newly Digitized Bible Reveals the Origins of the King James Version " (and t...
Saturday, December 09, 2023

How are Faith and Works Related? - a Constructive Debate Speech

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The KJV uses the words Faith and Works together in the same verse 15 times.  I’ve drafted my discussion around those verses. First, definiti...
Monday, December 04, 2023

Manuscript evidence of Revelation 16:5

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The current ECM website data for Revelation 16:5 provides transcription data for around 100 witnesses to Revelation 16:5.  Some of those are...
Sunday, December 03, 2023

Versional Evidence at Revelation 16:5

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Sahidic ( source ) Boharic ( source ) Syriac ( source ) ܘܫܡܥܬ ܠܡܠܐܟܐ ܕܡܝܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܙܕܝܩ ܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܘܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܘܚܤܝܐ ܕܗܠܝܢ ܕܢܬ ܀ ("Pesh...

Lorenzo Valla

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Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457) was a genius.  The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes him as "one of the most important humanists...