This article is drawn from my new book, Rebooting the Bible, Part 2. This is cut from the Introduction and simplified a bit to focus just on the issue of why historical truth matters even in the first eleven chapters of Genesis, which is often the most likely section of Scripture to be labeled “myth.” […]
Tag: The Masoretic Text
THE KJV TRANSLATORS INSERTED 8,422 “VARIANTS INTO THE TEXT” OF THE KJV BIBLE. SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Summary: The King James Version has over 8,000 variants — comprised of marginal notes explaining alternatives to the meaning of the Hebrew or Greek words used in the source texts for the Bible. The KJV ONLY advocates argue that there is no question that the English words selected are guaranteed by the Holy Spirit to […]