Get In The Ark Before It Is Too Late!!!

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Ref. Post #297 ~

You're forgetting your European history. The English (for you, the people who lived in England) were more literate that the other country bumpkins on the mainland. They had a rich history of story-telling and could spin some fantastic tales. They wrote them down and other people read them.

Guess what. I'm English and have lived here all my life the same as my ancestors. I know who lived in this part of Britain before the Germanic tribes came over in the 5th century because I learned about it in school and went on to read reputable history books.

I don't give a rat's ass about the scraps of religious manuscripts crazy old fanatics kept hidden in damp monasteries or in the Vatican. Those were not Bibles. The people living in England wrote the Bible and not some clown in Italy or Asia. And once the English (people living in England) sent it to the Pope everyone else fell in line with the basic tales. When one Pope decided to write his own version he messed it up with a couple of thousand of assorted errors. Now how did anyone know about those errors? They compared the Pope's tale with the English version.

Provide proof from reputable scholars that the English wrote the Bible and got away with it because nobody on the continent could read the Vulgate Bible or Old Latin Bible. If you're right, a few minutes googling will turn up dozens of articles which you can link to.

And while the English were writing their fairy tale they gave all of the main characters non-traditional Jewish names. The didn't have any problem giving the minor characters Jewish names but all of the main characters were given European names.

OK, so Jesus, Mary, Joseph and other main character names started out as English names. Obviously they wouldn't be the modern English versions but having their roots in Anglo Saxon names will do. Here's a list of Anglo Saxon names to get you started. I'm sure it won't take you long to find proof that the name Elizabeth started out as something like Eadburga. All you have to do is google for the meaning of the name Elizabeth. You can then do the same for Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

The point is that the English writers could have retained the original Jewish names of the main characters if they had wanted to. They did keep the Jewish names for the minor characters. They didn't call the minor characters Tom, Dick, Harry, Bob, or Richard. They used those names for the major characters to make them more appealing to the readers. It was a psychological manipulation.

The Old Latin Bible was the first Bible version written in Latin. It wasn't written in old Latin.