RE: New Revised Standard Version Bible has Dead Sea Scroll input ?!?!
February 17, 2017 at 11:20 am
(This post was last modified: February 17, 2017 at 11:20 am by Drich.)
(February 16, 2017 at 7:15 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:(February 16, 2017 at 10:27 am)Drich Wrote: Why would this be considered strange?
I have made the point in several discussions that 'we' are not responsible for content so much as what has been given to us. Meaning if we are given a bible through our best efforts and our best transcriptions we understand God wants us to aBc, then we are responsible for aBc. So then it is up to God to change his word OR simply forgive us for worshiping in error.
I've made the point that the dead sea scrolls is a perfect example of God changing his word. a Great example is before the dead sea scrolls the 6th commandment was "thou shalt not Kill" after the dead sea scrolls most modern translations shifted to "you shall not Murder." because in out oldest and best transcripts prior to the dead sea scrolls the verbiage was not there to support a prohibition against murder, but all forms of taking human life. Now because the dead sea scrolls that contained the 6th commandment has been confirmed to be older and or perhapse better written/more complete, the command changes from kill (to kill any human) to Murder (to kill outside what the law allows.)
I was just surprised an edition of the bible could be pulled together that fast and yet still garner approval of so much Christendom that quickly too. Figured just the Catholics alone might take 2-300 years to cough up an approval, and having an Orthodox branch not signing off, while not surprising in their disapproval, I'm surprised that came so quickly too. Figured they would have upwards of 2000 years of red tape to contemplate before knowing conclusively they do not approve of this version.
I'm not saying Catholics aren't Christians, they simply do not have the same views on the bible as 'protestants' do. Their source material of/from God is the pope/living apostle. where what anything else anyone outside the catholic church believes can only come from the bible. So then the idea is to have the best most accurate translation possible. That is based on the age of the manuscripts and their ablity to vett content with other manuscripts. If older works support other older works that are known then a change is made.
That is the difference between worshiping tradition, and the endeavor to worship God.
