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Mar 4, 2011 · The Syriac version, the Peshito, made early in the second century C.E., is celebrated for its fidelity. The Coptic version was made from the Septuagint, in the third or fourth century. The Gothic version, by Ulphilas, was made from the Septuagint in the fourth century, but mere insignificant fragments of it are extant.
The word, “men spoke from God, being borne by the Holy Spirit” (v. 21), has a twofold meaning: first, men were borne by the Spirit; second, men spoke from God. In the original Greek, being borne by the Holy Spirit means being carried along as a ship by the wind. The Bible is God’s speaking in the prophets and in the Son—Heb. 1:1-2:
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The 400th anniversary is being marked by any number of events – bible readings, exhibitions, lectures, newspaper articles, television programmes. The great and the good are taking part. Ten days ago, Lord Bragg gave his contribution on BBC2. He calls the KJB ‘the English Word of God’.
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and many other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of ...
This textualization marked one of the great turning points in human history, namely the movement from an oral culture towards a written culture. We tend to read the Bible from our own viewpoint—that is, we tend to think of the Bible as if it came from a world of texts, books, and authors. But the Bible was written before there were books.
Old Greek (OG) or Septuagint. The earliest translation of the Hebrew Bible is the Old Greek (OG), the translation made in Alexandria, Egypt, for the use of the Greek-speaking Jewish community there. At first, just the Torah was translated, in the third century B.C.E.; the rest of the biblical books were translated later.
