"Bible Versions"

by James Jacob Prasch

The Bible is the Word of God in the Word of Man. That doesn't make it any less the Word of God, but neither does that make it any less the Word of Man.

  1. Introduction
  2. Expert Knowledge Versus Uneducated Opinion
  3. Dentists and Lawyers
  4. "Expert" Opinion?
  5. Acrostic Algebra
  6. Riplinger “Inspired”?
  7. Responding Responsibly
  8. Quoting People Out of Context
  9. New Age and "The Christ"
  10. The King James Version as the Bible of Paul and the Apostles
  11. The Textus Receptus
  12. Appeal to Immorality
  13. Deviations
  14. Dead Sea Scrolls
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Expert Knowledge Versus Uneducated Opinion

Here we have two cases: in one case we have expert medical opinion all agreed; in the other case we have an untrained clerk arranging for someone to undergo the wrong procedure.

The debate about Bible versions is no different. There is a divide between scholarly people who can read Hebrew and Greek, who have studied theology and biblical archaeology and textual criticism all their lives, and a group of vocal individuals who do not have the scholarship background to be making the claims they do.

Gail Riplinger seems impressive. She has letters after her name - "B.A.", "M.A." and "M.F.A." from Cornell University and Harvard University. Very impressive. What she doesn't tell you is that her degrees are in "Home Economics"! Gail Riplinger has no relevant theological or language qualifications at all.

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