Re: Making money from Java

"Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" <judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Peter, you're getting all bent out of shape for no reason. I am as
>> convinced of the inerrancy of Scripture as anybody. But it is the
>> original Scripture texts that we believe to be inerrant, not particular
>> translations.
>
> Which Greek version? TR? Codex Vaticanus? Sinaiticus? Alexandrinus?
> The TR? Nestle-Aland, and if so, which edition?


The original manuscripts penned by the original authors, of course. :-)
Unfortunately, we don't have any of the originals, only copies. And the
copies, as you point out, have some minor variations. But I believe the
better original language texts we have today are very close to the
originals.

It might be a good idea to point out here that the number of existing
ancient manuscripts of the Bible are much more numerous and of greater
antiquity (closer in time to the originals) than the existing ancient texts
supporting other comparably ancient events. For example, there are ancient
New Testament texts that were made (copied from older copies or the
originals) only about 35 years after the actual events. But the oldest
copies (IIRC, there are only 9 in existence) of Caesar's Gallic Wars were
made some 900 years after the events. The number of existing ancient Bible
texts (particularly the NT) is overwhelming, thousands. You may be surprised
that there is more supporting evidence for any portion of the New Testament
than there is evidence that Julius Caesar even existed. The Greek versions
Chuck mentions above are complete Greek texts of the New Testament that have
been assembled by different individuals or groups through careful study of
many ancient source texts, and other assembled texts.
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Judson McClendon judmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."


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