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To: CynicalBear
I am sorry to see that you did not answer either question.

My first question: >>In your opinion, is the Bible infallible only in its original autographs? Or in perhaps a particular translation or chain of translations? Or in all translations?<< Could you please answer that?


You said, " Go to the Greek as we have it today and show me where there is an error. It's what I use to verify every translation."

"The Greek as we have it today" does not answer the question, because it does not specify which Greek version. The first known translation of the Bible into Greek is the Septuagint (LXX) (3rd–1st centuries BC). It's the oldest existing translation of Holy Scripture into any language. It contains the Tanakh translated from Hebrew and Aramaic as well as the Deuterocanonicals, and it was widely used by ancient Hellenistic Jews as well as the Greek-speaking Christians for their Old Testament. That's why the LXX is the source of the majority (~80-85%) of OT quotations found in the NT.

The NT was originally written in Koine Greek, but the Greek language has changed significantly over the millennia, with Koine Greek standing in relation to modern Greek as, perhaps, early Anglo-Saxon stands to English. So translations have been developed to enable modern Greek speakers to understand Holy Scripture.

Maximos of Gallipoli translated a vernacular New Testament approved by Patriarch Cyril Lucaris of Constantinople in 1629 which was printed at Geneva in 1638.

Neofytos Vamvas did a Bible translation (Old and New Testaments) in literary Greek, starting with a Renaissance English translation as his main source. It was not sourced directly from the earliest Greek manuscripts.

In the 1960's scholars from the University of Athens led by Vasilios Vellas translated the New Testament based on the Textus Receptus. The Textus Receptus was the translation done by by Dutch Catholic scholar and humanist Desiderius Erasmus, based mainly on late manuscripts of the Byzantine text-type, all 12th century AD or later.

Which of these, if any, would you use? And- -- your reasons?


I will continue later after I do some more chores around here. :o)
119 posted on 01/17/2015 1:46:12 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Therefore, as GodÂ’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with kindness. (Col 3:1)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Your badgering is getting tedious. The history of the Greek has been dealt with here on these pages ad nauseam. I’ll not continue down your little rabbit trail with you any longer.


121 posted on 01/17/2015 1:56:09 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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