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How We Got Our Bible
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Thirteen years ago, on the completion of the Revised Version of the Bible, this little book was written. Questions that must always be of interest to men were then brought into special prominence. Not only among the poorer classes, but among many more educated people as well, there was a vaguely puzzled half-suspicious feeling with regard to the new Bible attempting to supersede the venerable old version, which their fathers and forefathers for hundreds of years past had read as Gods inspired message to the world. Men were surprised at finding some passages of the old Bible altered so as quite to change their meaning, and still more perhaps at noticing here and there verses entirely omitted, which they had always regarded as part of the inspired Word of God. And so the questions constantly arose when the New Version was talked of, "What fresh information has come to these Bible Revisers? By what right do men, 1800 years after the time of Our Lord, venture to meddle with the words of His revelation?"
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Thirteen years ago, on the completion of the Revised Version of the Bible, this little book was written. Questions that must always be of interest to men were then brought into special prominence. Not only among the poorer classes, but among many more educated people as well, there was a vaguely puzzled half-suspicious feeling with regard to the new Bible attempting to supersede the venerable old version, which their fathers and forefathers for hundreds of years past had read as Gods inspired message to the world. Men were surprised at finding some passages of the old Bible altered so as quite to change their meaning, and still more perhaps at noticing here and there verses entirely omitted, which they had always regarded as part of the inspired Word of God. And so the questions constantly arose when the New Version was talked of, "What fresh information has come to these Bible Revisers? By what right do men, 1800 years after the time of Our Lord, venture to meddle with the words of His revelation?"
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
182 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1886
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November 1, 2016
It was a very old book and definitely outdated, but that is why I liked it so much. It put me in the mind of a man writing over 100 years ago about the history of the English Bible and the attitudes towards modern translations. Very interesting and informative.
May 5, 2024
2.5 ⭐️
This book was given to me by my former Hebrew Professor and I’ve always been meaning to finish it. The pros of this book: it does a great analysis of its subject- ‘How we got our Bible.’ I greatly enjoyed the 1300s-1600s section in particular, especially in light of recently reading an autobiography on Lady Jane Grey. Coming away from the book, I do feel like I have a better grasp of Christian history between today and the end of John’s writings. However the structure of the book felt lacking. There were a few tangents that I’m still not quite sure how they connect to the storyline. The author also provided images of many of the artifacts he was presenting, however these images were scattered throughout the book with little to no way of immediately connecting the image to the text. These were pretty distracting to the writing.
This book was given to me by my former Hebrew Professor and I’ve always been meaning to finish it. The pros of this book: it does a great analysis of its subject- ‘How we got our Bible.’ I greatly enjoyed the 1300s-1600s section in particular, especially in light of recently reading an autobiography on Lady Jane Grey. Coming away from the book, I do feel like I have a better grasp of Christian history between today and the end of John’s writings. However the structure of the book felt lacking. There were a few tangents that I’m still not quite sure how they connect to the storyline. The author also provided images of many of the artifacts he was presenting, however these images were scattered throughout the book with little to no way of immediately connecting the image to the text. These were pretty distracting to the writing.
January 4, 2009
It was very historical, using it for research purposes.
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