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Title: The Origin of the Bible by Philip Wesley Comfort, Phil Comfort ISBN: 0-8423-4735-6 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: All you ought to know about the bible
Comment: What is the Bible:
The Koran calls Christians and Jews': The people of the Book 'F.F.Bruce, Rylands professor of biblical Criticism tells you all about it: the scriptures old and new, in the few first pages.
The contributors:
The editor: P. W. Comfort,a leading authority on the subject orchestrates the effort of a dozen scholars in the field, to an up-to-date, well balanced, concise introduction to the subject: definition, history, theology, and translation of the bible.
The articles: scholarly essays in plain English
The book displays the information in five sections: I. Authority, II. Canon, III.Literature, IV. Manuscripts, V.Translation. There can be no better "Bible Study 101," in English, only that it is offered by some of the finest Anglo-American scholarship. In almost all the articles, a great deal of attention is given to definitions of bible study terminology:
higher criticism, inerrancy, inspiration, autographs,Mauratorian Canon, hagiographa, Rylands papyrus, apocrypha, Gospel of Thomas, wisdom of Amenemope, etc.
A History of the recovery of the original text of the new Testament:
Philip Comfort takes you on an enlightening tour of Oxyrynchus, Beatty, Bodmer papyri to the great Alexandrine codices. "The Alexandrine scribes, associated with the scriptorium of the great Alexandrian library and/or members of the Didaskelion of its catechtical school were trained philologists, grammarians, and textual critics"; this is the quality of information you get reading this book, unless you have access to books By K. Aland, B.Metzger, E.Nestle among few others.
Biblical languages and translation:
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and Hebrew as a changing Semitic language, difficult to translate requiring twice as much English words. How did Ptolemy Philadelphius start its translation into the Septuagint for the Jews of Alexandria, who soon appropriated some expressions beyond the scope of Hebrew terminology?
L. Walker takes the mantle to shows how St. John used Logos in reference to Christ, while apostle Paul style was influenced by lexical and grammatical parallels used by the Greek speaking Alexandrines.
English Bible and versions
Now you come to perceive the conclusion to this great drama that started by Origen's Hexapla, but not terminated by the Complete bible versions of Christendom. Devoted efforts by translators in affirmation of Biblical truth explains R. Elliott, "translate without interpreting"
Conclusion:
Around 260 AD, Dionysius of Alexandria found that the stylistic and lexical features of the book of revelation could not come from the same author of the fourth Gospel! All the eastern 'Orthodox' Churches do not include readings from the Apocalypse to this moment, thus was the honest and scholarly pursue of biblical truth.
Rating: 1
Summary: Useless
Comment: The first section is on the divine inspiration and infallability of the Bible. Need I say more?
Rating: 5
Summary: Great introduction. Not overly academic.
Comment: A well written introduction to the history of the Bible as we have it today -- written by some outstanding scholars of our day. If you're looking for the nitty-gritty details, try one of Bruce Metzger's numerous books -- all very good, but highly academic.
More than just a straight look at the transmission of manuscripts, this book looks at translation issues (including questions translators need to address when translating from Greek into languages other than English, a nice touch).
Highly recommended.
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Title: The Canon of Scripture by Frederick Fyvie Bruce ISBN: 083081258X Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: How the Bible Came to Be by John Barton ISBN: 0664257852 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Immanuel by John A. Witmer ISBN: 0849913691 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 26 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.98 |
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Title: The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? by Frederick Fyvie Bruce, N. T. Wright ISBN: 0802822193 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance by Bruce Manning Metzger ISBN: 0198269544 Publisher: Clarendon Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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