Know How We Got Our Bible Quotes

“This is often necessary when translating Hebrew too, which has idioms that are impossible to translate word for word. Psalm 17:8 pleads for God to “keep me as the apple of your eye.” But the actual Hebrew is “keep me as a little man of a daughter of an eye,” which would make no sense in English.”
― Ryan M. Reeves, Know How We Got Our Bible

“The story of the Bible is a story of change. First in Hebrew”
― Ryan M. Reeves, Know How We Got Our Bible

“So any debate about the canon is focused on what standards were used when the Bible’s books were received as Scripture. The church never canonized books by its own authority; instead”
― Ryan M. Reeves, Know How We Got Our Bible