There’s a great post up on Gottesdienst with a link to Anthony Esolen’s article on language. Outstanding. Once again, let me say that I am happy that THIS has become my preferred Bible:
That is an excellent little Bible, and worth every penny. I grew up with the KJV without the Apocrypha, and even as a child it seemed to me their was a big hole in the Bible which for me actually caused a lot of doubt. The Bible is so detailed and leaves us the history of the world from the very beginning, at least as far as the Jews go, with the detail relatively increasing as time marched towards the miracle of the incarnation, in order to have a more sure testimony of Jesus, then goes AWOL for some hundreds of years and Christ pops on the scene. I never understood why we didn't know what happened between the final prophets and return from exile and Jesus! Then I learned about the Apocrypha and Maccabees. I know they are not all inspired, and they have not been considered as inspired as the rest of Holy Writ (just look at the title folks), but they sure are historical and fill in the gap and make the Bible a lot more understandable. It has been hard for me to forgive our American Bible Society for shredding the Bible the way they did. The Bible as the Book is much more complete with the Apocrypha. How bizarre is it to go from the return from exile, then bam Jesus is on the scene with the Roman yoke firmly established. What happened? I also love the other stories, especially Bel and the Dragon and Judith. What a loss as a child to not know them. Then I love that the reformers and everyone has treated them with enough mystery to make them exciting. Some are obviously uninspired or have errors in them that were not inspired. Some do not, just the Jews could not prove their provenance, they very well could be true and in these there are jewels and jems that of themselves were definitely inspired by the Holy Spirit in the way a sound hymn or theological writing is! To me this appeals, especially in the middle of the inspired Word of God that we know for sure is true. These jems coupled with the solid history and sometimes a little fanciful vignettes of family life in these times of upheaval, I love. The martyr stories are awe inspiring and cause me to worship our Lord. But this is the end of my rant.
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That is an excellent little Bible, and worth every penny. I grew up with the KJV without the Apocrypha, and even as a child it seemed to me their was a big hole in the Bible which for me actually caused a lot of doubt. The Bible is so detailed and leaves us the history of the world from the very beginning, at least as far as the Jews go, with the detail relatively increasing as time marched towards the miracle of the incarnation, in order to have a more sure testimony of Jesus, then goes AWOL for some hundreds of years and Christ pops on the scene. I never understood why we didn't know what happened between the final prophets and return from exile and Jesus! Then I learned about the Apocrypha and Maccabees. I know they are not all inspired, and they have not been considered as inspired as the rest of Holy Writ (just look at the title folks), but they sure are historical and fill in the gap and make the Bible a lot more understandable. It has been hard for me to forgive our American Bible Society for shredding the Bible the way they did. The Bible as the Book is much more complete with the Apocrypha. How bizarre is it to go from the return from exile, then bam Jesus is on the scene with the Roman yoke firmly established. What happened? I also love the other stories, especially Bel and the Dragon and Judith. What a loss as a child to not know them. Then I love that the reformers and everyone has treated them with enough mystery to make them exciting. Some are obviously uninspired or have errors in them that were not inspired. Some do not, just the Jews could not prove their provenance, they very well could be true and in these there are jewels and jems that of themselves were definitely inspired by the Holy Spirit in the way a sound hymn or theological writing is! To me this appeals, especially in the middle of the inspired Word of God that we know for sure is true. These jems coupled with the solid history and sometimes a little fanciful vignettes of family life in these times of upheaval, I love. The martyr stories are awe inspiring and cause me to worship our Lord. But this is the end of my rant.
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