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John, I don't think the author of the article was using the term "Byzantine" in as narrow a sense as you are accustomed. The first line from the webpage lumps together three technical terms in a somewhat generic description -- Many Byzantine priority/majority text/textus receptus advocates...

Welcome, banana. Stick around a while and you can learn stuff from these guys. Deacon, John of Japan, as well as some others are very knowledgeable and quite trustworthy.

Remember, the Byzantine Priority (aka the Greek Majority Text) only has bearing upon the New Testament. KJV/NKJV preference is generally a duel-Testament issue. Although, the differences among Hebrew critical texts seem to be far fewer and less intense (or less well understood) than those...

First, changes are not so cut-and-dry. I may still use the original "Federal Express" name rather than the officially changed name (FedEx) and still most folks would know what I meant. The occasional use of the fuller "Kentucky Fried Chicken" name (instead of KFC) still continues. Old names die...

What the Holy Spirit inspired writers did cannot be compared to what translators did later.

Perhaps readers in the 16th-17th century were indeed more familiar with the Roman mythology than the Greek. But today, I doubt that the average English Bible reader knows any more about Diana than of Artemis. So the KJV gets a 'pass' from me on this point, but not the NKJV.

From the earliest mentions to the conclusion the Ephesian goddess was known by the Greek name. The origin of the temple site at Ephesus (eventually becoming one of the Seven Wonders of the World) was very ancient, even possibly pre-Greek. Their goddess was a proprietary variation of the Greek...

Maybe not so much then as perhaps later. Because Latin literature was more widely known in Europe throughout the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, the interpretations of Greek myths by the Romans often had the greater influence on narrative and pictorial representations of "classical"...

That book is rubbish. I got more specific here -- http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=80805

Alexander Campbell's translation entitled Sacred Writings (1826) is briefly discussed in Bible Translations: A History Through Source Documents (1992) by Roland H. Worth, Jr. Following Worth's description of the translation comes an 1870 Campbell quote (from p.154 under the heading of "79. No...

Thanks for the all responses. Actually, I knew that the Roman goddess Diana is roughly the equivalent of the Greek Artemis. The question is why do/did some translators change the Greek when rendering into English.

Please explain why some Bible versions render the Greek proper name Artemis (Strong's #735) as "Diana"? An example is found at Acts 19:34 (TR Greek) -- ἐπιγνόντων δὲ ὅτι Ἰουδαῖός ἐστιν φωνὴ ἐγένετο μία ἐκ πάντων ὡς ἐπὶ ὥρας δύο κραζόντων Μεγάλη ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων

Exact same phrase used by Jesus, John, Paul, and Peter -- John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. ... John 15:17 These...

Luke uses this same phrase, once about John the Baptist and once about young Jesus (KJV) -- 1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the...

Thanks. If I understand this correctly, "James" comes to English through French, and the French came out of the Latin. So, why then do English Bible translations (especially literal/formal ones) that are based upon Greek texts not render this name "Jacob"? They have nothing to do with French...

Please explain why Iakōbos (Strong's #2385) is translated as "James" rather than "Jacob". For example in James 1:1 (TR Greek) -- Ἰάκωβος θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς ταῖς ἐν τῇ διασπορᾷ χαίρειν

Isaiah 28:10 & 13 (KJV) -- 10 For precept [must be] upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, [and] there a little: 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little...

Notice the repeated pattern found in Numbers 7 (KJV) -- 12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 13 And his offering [was] one silver charger, the weight thereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of...

Recurring phrase in the Torah (KJV) -- Leviticus 23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. Deuteronomy 12:12 And ye shall...

Paul immediately repeats himself in Galations 1:8-9 (KJV) -- 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than...