RE: How do theists justify the translations of the scriptures?
September 6, 2019 at 12:09 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2019 at 12:17 am by John 6IX Breezy.)
(September 4, 2019 at 2:27 pm)Macoleco Wrote: The Bible, or any other holy book, is a translation of scriptures written thousands of years ago, and even in different tongues.
How can theists confirm these translations are 100%, or even somewhat, accurate?
One would think that if God wants to deliver such an important message, it would be translation and time proof. But I am sure that the Bible is different even in modern bibles of different languages, and even of the same language.
Generally speaking, Christians look up several translation when they want to get the overall meaning of a verse, and lookup the original languages using lexicons and other sources when they want the specific meaning of a word. I went to a Christian school for a bit and took a semester of Greek as one of their electives.
Most of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and I'm sure Jewish people can verify the translations since the Old Testament is pretty much theirs to begin with. The New Testament is Ancient Greek, probably similar to Platonic writings, so it's not too difficult to get your hands on the original languages and some dictionaries.
I don't think such a level of analysis is needed, in fact I'm of the opinion that the best way to read the bible is to hear it spoken, but if you desire to go that deep the option is always available.
