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Question #15 -
QUESTION:
Aren't today's scholars better equipped to translate the Bible
than the King James translators were?
ANSWER:
No.
EXPLANATION: The answer to
the question is "No" for two reasons.
First is that, the scholarship of the men who
translated the King James Bible is literally unsurpassable by
today's scholars. Two books available best illustrate this and
should be read by anyone who wants to seriously study the subject.
They are Translators Revived , by Alexander McClure,
Maranatha Publications, and The Men Behind the
King James Version, by Gustavus Paine, Baker
Book House.
The men of the King James translation committee
were scholars of unparalleled ability. A brief description of
their several abilities is found under a previous section.
Secondly, it would be foolish and contradictory
to believe that today's scholars ever could equal
or surpass those of the Authorized Version.
Most Christians agree that the world, with
time, degenerates. Morals have degenerated since 1611. Character
has degenerated since 1611. Even our atmosphere has degenerated.
Are we then to believe that education has gotten better? Only a
worshiper of education could pretend to believe such a fairy tale.
Education has degenerated along with the entire world system and
could never produce a scholar equal to those of nearly four
hundred years ago.
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