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No, not even for a TR-referred reader. The 1560 Geneva Bible (although some editions may have been printed into the mid-1600s) was actually a translation product of the mid-1500s. The scholarship behind the AV1611 had significantly advanced over a half-century. I have read them both, and I would...

I know that these are probably not the responses you were trying to elicit -- But technically, the LXX was not available as a 'Bible' in the 1st century AD. It would likely have only existed in the form of separate scrolls at that time, and it would be doubtful that a common individual would...

Once again you post your opinion like it's a fact (Matthew 7:5).

If you want information, one thing you can do is search the BB. A search on this topic would have turned up this recent thread -- http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=74433

I also enjoed Dr. Afman's classes. He was very soft-spoken for such a BIG man!

Thanks, Rip! I suspected that Minuscule 1 was probably the only extant Greek document (of several hundred that contain Revelation) that actually has the reading carried by the TR.

In fairness, would you also make changes in the KJV where it has "unwarranted" non-literal renderings?

Yes, I would like to hear his reasoning. Thanks!

What does Comfort say about variants in Rev. 3:14a?

If I understand you correctly, you're still off the mark. Regardless of view, God's election took place in Eternity Past. Election is done; God is not waiting to make any new elections today. According to one view, election may not be actually realized by the individual until after faith has...

The italicizing of 'added' words is of little practical value. Many of the words in italics are little words like "is", "and", "are", "shall", and "even" that don't dramatically affect the meaning: How does it help you to know that an insignificant word like "is" was not from the original...

It seems fairly straightforward to me: the unspecified thing being 'judged' would grammatically and logically be the last item mentioned specifically which in this verse is the prophetic 'speaking'. It would be ludicrous to think that this could mean that the unnamed 'thing' to be judged...

'Real' information is available in books by reputable publishers and authors with credentials on the subject; not randomly from the Internet. Even here on the BB there are a lot of good people posting misinformation, half-truths, and making honest mistakes. Having said that, I want everyone to...

Care to restate that? It is (Biblically) impossible for anyone to be saved that was not elect by God (even Arminians believe that). The difference is how the two groups see the basis of election, but neither view would affirm that any 'non-elects' get saved. Additionally, even Calvinists believe...

I'm not planning on spending a lot of time on this but I did a little checking into the Hebrew of the Psalms as found in the Dead Sea scroll fragments. In those Psalms in which the DDS actually preserved a superscript they are nearly always in full agreement with the MT reading. However, it...

I'm glad you came back to this conversation. You didn't. I'm sorry that it wasn't clear and you misunderstood my post. I was merely commenting upon what authors of apologetic books or 'Bible survey' book write. I had just used your quote as the jumping-off point. I was hoping you would address...

I don't recall any writer that has produced a 'Bible survey' book ever stating that the number of biblical authors & editors probably runs up to 100 or more (well, maybe Bart Ehrman would write something similar to that). The apologists always write something like "the Bible had about 40...

Even more so when it is difficult to identify some of the individual letters drawn by the previous scribe; are those his personal thoughts or actually corrections in the margins? Meanwhile, you must also constantly keep sharpening your quill, dipping it in the ink (while avoiding smudges and...

Huh? His question specified asked about "Greek mss in existence". The answer would have to be-- No. There are places in Erasmus' (in Revelation, Acts 9:5-6) that are still not supported by any Greek manuscript.

I know that, which was the reason for my original statement: "translation virtually requires the addition of words in the receptor language". I know that also, which is what I meant by: "Nor can textual transmission be compared to translation." Look at the context of my post (#8): it was a...