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 The NIV is not a Bible just for dummies October 31, 2008
Lucifer (www.bobshakespeare.com)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The New International Version is the most readable English translation ever produced. And if that doesn't make it a "Good Book," then I don't know what does!
Granted, I still prefer to read God's Word in the original tongues, not in a modern translation. (I've got nothing against the watered-down English versions sold today in Bible bookstores, but the ancient biblical scrolls are just a whole lot funnier.)
Most people these days cannot do that: they cannot read Scripture as it was first intended by the Author. Not to worry: Bible translators have saved you a headache and you can thank God for them. Many of the holy Ghost's original sentences are so ungrammatical and awkwardly constructed, and others so unintelligible, that the translators for Zondervan Corp and these other big Bible companies have graciously re-written the text so as to enhance Scripture's appeal to the 21st-century reader. And in the N.I.V. more than in any other, those scholars have done a truly wonderful job of tidying up.
If you prefer an English Bible that is halfway faithful to the original, then read the Authorised Version, better known in America as "the King James Version." The KJV/Authorised Version also has the most authentic prose style, with thee and thou and hath and dost and verily, which is how God actually talks, albeit in Hebrew. ([...]
But if it's a highly readable New Age paraphrase of the Bible you want, and if you cannot decide between the eighteen leading options in your local bookstore or on BibleGateway.com, then allow me to recommend Zondervan's "New International Version" (NIV). Here, at last, is an English-language Bible in which all obscenities and difficult words have been euphemised; God's curses, tempered, and His personality, softened; all theological conundrums, solved; all contradictions, removed; and all the howlers, corrected - which is also why the NIV is ideal for the younger generation, grades five and below.
Here's another thing you will love about Zondervan's New International Version: it is reader-friendly. The NIV makes the Lord sound like an affable American football coach, but with His bad words deleted, such as "piss" (Hebrew shathan) which is a word that God, in the Authorised Version, uses quite a bit (but only when He is angry, e.g., 1 Sam. 25:22, 1 Sam. 25:34, 1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8).
And how's this for a major improvement? Almost every place that the word "Hell" appears in the Authorised Version, the NIV substitutes "the grave" or "the realm of the dead." (Where would you rather spend eternity - in "Hell," or in "the realm of the dead"?)
Then, too, in the NIV, every instance of the word, "Ghost" has been eliminated, and not just the holy one. ("Why should we scare people?" That's Zondervan's policy. "We're marketing Christ the King, not Stephen King! And if you can't tell the difference between those two, well then! - Don't blame us, but you can expect a warm welcome, someday, when you die and your aura gets sent forever to the realm of the dead!")
--L
BIBLE DON'T NEED TO SAY MORE April 3, 2009
DUSTY TEXAS
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
THE HOLY BIBLE SO THAT IS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
HAD ON KINDLE 2 BEFORE I LEARNED HOW TO USE KINDLE 2.
to all bible haters January 20, 2010
Belinda Coke
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
you guys are so ridiucksly stupid its not even funy . the bible indeatale spans the story of over 3 centries in deatale
to christipher k: the bible is a ecedingly cimplex not ment to be untresttod bye idioteic simpiltens like you
to the burnighter: you calin god stupid do you even under staand your own biolgy i doubt it even if you do could you desighn it ...burned
to awesome pants: how stupid do you get ?
buy the way the bible is the #1 top seller of all time over 100 sold eavry second you ofended at least 3100 milion peapole and go to h.e. double hockey sticks
i am a christon that gets a aplus on 85% of my 11th grade school work an a in 10% do the math (that is if you have that small amount of intlect neaded to do 85 pluss 10
What Makes the Bible Special? May 14, 2009
David A. Yoo Sr. (Willowick Ohio)
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
The Bible is the most remarkable book ever written. About 40 men of different countries and occupations did the writing. They wrote over a period of approximately 1500 years and in three languages - Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Yet the Bible is an well-organized unity with one great theme and central figure - Jesus Christ. All of this would be impossible unless the Bible had one supreme Author - and it did - the Holy Spirit of God.
The earliest portions of Scripture date back more than 3,300 years. However, its message has been fresh and relevant to men of every age and generation. Its pages are still producing new gems of truth, even to those who study them the most.
It is by far the most widely circulated book in the world. Since 1804, more than 800 million Bibles and portions of Scripture have been issued. These figures are from the British and Foreign Bible Societies alone. Every year more than 22 million copies of the complete Bible and New Testament are circulated around the globe.
The Bible has been translated more than any other book. Each year we see an increase in the number of translations. The following figures reflect this steady growth.
In 1500 A.D. it had been printed in 14 languages.
In 1600 - about 40 languages.
In 1800 - about 72 languages.
In 1900 - about 567 languages.
In 1937 - about 1,000 languages
In 1970 - about 1500 languages.
In 1997 - to date, at least partially translated in more than 2100 languages.
(This material and more information under this topic can be found in Evidence Which Demands A Verdict. Josh McDowell, pp. 16-25)
Compilation--
The Bible has an unique continuity when you consider that it was written over a 1500-year period; written over 40 generations; written by over 40 authors from every walk of life including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars, etc.; written in many different places.
Being written on material that perishes, having to be copied and recopied for hundreds of years before the invention of the printing press, did not diminish its style, correctness or existence. The Bible, compared with other ancient writings, has more manuscript evidence than any 10 pieces of classical literature combined.
Author Written Earliest Copy Time Span #Manuscripts
Caesar 100-44 BC 900 AD 1,000 yrs. 10
Plato 427-347 BC 900 AD 1,200 yrs. 7
Tacitus 460-400 BC 1100 AD 1,000 yrs. 20
Homer (Iliad) 900 BC 400 BC 500 yrs. 643
New Testament 40-100 AD 125 AD 25-50 yrs. 24,000
In the Old Testament, 95% of the texts are identical with only minor variations and a few discrepancies between the Dead Sea Scrolls (dated to the 1st century) and the Masoretic text (dated to around 800 A.D.).
New Testament: New Testament manuscripts agree in 99.5% of the text (compared to only 95% for the Iliad). Additionally, the New Testament can be put together from the writings of the early church fathers, since they extensively quoted from it.
The Bible has withstood vicious attacks of its enemies as no other book. Many have tried to burn it, ban it, and "outlaw it from the days of Roman emperors to present-day Communist or Islamic-dominated countries."
"Infidels for eighteen hundred years have been attempting to refute and overthrow this Book, and yet it stands today as solid as a rock. Its circulation increases, and it is more loved and cherished and read today than ever before. Infidels, with all their assaults, make about as much impression on this Book as a man with a jackhammer would on the Pyramids of Egypt. When the French monarch proposed the persecution of the Christians in his dominion, an old statesman and warrior said to him, `Sire, the Church of God is an anvil that has worn out many hammers.' So the hammers of infidels have been pecking away at this Book for ages, but the hammers are worn out, and the anvil still endures. If this Book had not been the Book of God, men would have destroyed it long ago. Emperors and popes, kings and priests, princes and rulers have all tried their hand at it; they die and the book still lives." (H.L. Hastings cited in Josh McDowell's, Evidence that Demands A Verdict p. 21)
How did this amazingly unique book come about? A look at the following two terms will help us understand the divine origin of the Bible.
Revelation --
God has disclosed or revealed Himself to man. We can learn about God through these revelations.
God has revealed Himself in a general way through nature/creation. In the beauty and wonder of creation we see the signature of God (Psalm 19:1, Romans 1:20).
However, a more complete disclosure or revelation of who God is, what He is like, etc., is found in the Bible. God revealed Himself in a variety of manners to His chosen authors that they might record a permanent testimony concerning God. What the authors wrote were not their own ideas - but rather God's ideas.
God used various methods and instruments to reveal the Scriptures to His chosen authors:
Direct Voice - God spoke in an audible voice to some of them, telling them what to write down. (Exodus 33:1)
Direct Writing - God visibly wrote certain of the truths Himself. (Exodus 31:18)
Dreams - God used the dreams of men as a channel through which He revealed prophetic truths. (Daniel 2:1-49)
Men - The personal experiences and spiritual lives of individuals were used by God. (Psalm 51)
Natural World - The universe, which God created, declares Him. (Psalm 19:1 and Romans 1:19-23)
Historic Events - God used the events of men to reveal His will (the Old Testament Books of Genesis and Esther).
Holy Spirit - The Spirit of God guided men as they penned His words (2 Peter 1:21)
Inspiration --
The key verse is 2 Timothy 3:16. The word "inspiration" means "God-breathed." "Every Scripture is God-breathed." The Bible claims that on the original parchments every sentence, every word, every line was placed there in complete agreement with the will of God. The veritable author of the Bible is God. God used human authors to write down the words He wanted in the Bible. He watched over them as they wrote, so no errors could creep in.
How do we know when writings are inspired by God? The Bible itself tells us what characteristics writings must have to be considered inspired by God. They must:
Be spoken from, and in the name of, the Lord (Jeremiah 30:2, 1 Peter 1:21).
Exalt and glorify God (John 5:39 &; 17:4-10; Ephesians 1:13-14).
Direct the love of men toward God (Colossians 3:16; Revelation 19:10).
Draw men to repent of their rebellion against God and to submit fully to Him (Psalms 19:17; 2 Timothy 3:16).
Prophecies come to fulfillment with 100 percent accuracy (Deuteronomy 18:21-22).
Support the laws, precepts, and principles set forth in the rest of Scripture-without contradiction (Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 5:17; John 10:35).
Communicate truth, and only truth, in all disciplines of knowledge (Psalms 119:160; Hebrews 6:18).
Summary Of Terms --
Prophet - A person, who's function is to Tell the People what God told him to say.
Priest - A person. Who's function is to Bring the Prayers and Petitions of the People to God.
Revelation - is God's activity in giving truth and 'law' to the human mind.
Inspiration - is God's activity in producing a record of his revealed Revelation using Human Agents.
Repent - To 'Change Your Mind', to Agree with God that He is right and you are not.
Born Again ( Gospel of John ) - To be Changed/Re-Created/Regenerated by God, Given a New "Self" in order to Obey the Lord more fully, have you r name written in the "Lambs Book of Life ( The Book of the Living)" Lamb's Book of Life - Revelations Chapter 20, Verses 11-15.
The NIV is not a Bible just for dummies October 31, 2008
Lucifer (www.bobshakespeare.com)
4 out of 25 found this review helpful
The New International Version is the most readable English translation ever produced. And if that doesn't make it a "Good Book," then I don't know what does!
Granted, I still prefer to read God's Word in the original tongues, not in a modern translation. (I've got nothing against the watered-down English versions sold today in Bible bookstores, but the ancient biblical scrolls are just a whole lot funnier.)
Most people these days cannot do that: they cannot read Scripture as it was first intended by the Author. Not to worry: Bible translators have saved you a headache and you can thank God for them. Many of the holy Ghost's original sentences are so ungrammatical and awkwardly constructed, and others so unintelligible, that the translators for Zondervan Corp and these other big Bible companies have graciously re-written the text so as to enhance Scripture's appeal to the 21st-century reader. And in the N.I.V. more than in any other, those scholars have done a truly wonderful job of tidying up.
If you prefer an English Bible that is halfway faithful to the original, then read the Authorised Version, better known in America as "the King James Version." The KJV/Authorised Version also has the most authentic prose style, with thee and thou and hath and dost and verily, which is how God actually talks, albeit in Hebrew. ([...]
But if it's a highly readable New Age paraphrase of the Bible you want, and if you cannot decide between the eighteen leading options in your local bookstore or on BibleGateway.com, then allow me to recommend Zondervan's "New International Version" (NIV). Here, at last, is an English-language Bible in which all obscenities and difficult words have been euphemised; God's curses, tempered, and His personality, softened; all theological conundrums, solved; all contradictions, removed; and all the howlers, corrected - which is also why the NIV is ideal for the younger generation, grades five and below.
Here's another thing you will love about Zondervan's New International Version: it is reader-friendly. The NIV makes the Lord sound like an affable American football coach, but with His bad words deleted, such as "piss" (Hebrew shathan) which is a word that God, in the Authorised Version, uses quite a bit (but only when He is angry, e.g., 1 Sam. 25:22, 1 Sam. 25:34, 1 Kings 14:10, 16:11, 21:21, 2 Kings 9:8).
And how's this for a major improvement? Almost every place that the word "Hell" appears in the Authorised Version, the NIV substitutes "the grave" or "the realm of the dead." (Where would you rather spend eternity - in "Hell," or in "the realm of the dead"?)
Then, too, in the NIV, every instance of the word, "Ghost" has been eliminated, and not just the holy one. ("Why should we scare people?" That's Zondervan's policy. "We're marketing Christ the King, not Stephen King! And if you can't tell the difference between those two, well then! - Don't blame us, but you can expect a warm welcome, someday, when you die and your aura gets sent forever to the realm of the dead!")
--L
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