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Gleason Archer in his Encylopedia of Bible Difficulties (page 135) finds Jamieson-Faucett-Brown's 5-year apprentice explanation reasonably inferred from "careful comparison" of the two passages. Norman Geisler in his Big Book of Bible Difficulties (page 98) has a somewhat different...

Or F.F. Bruce's Epistles?

That may have been part of the 'textbook' definition but "bible" connotates in today's vernacular that the work is a nearly comprehensive and authoritative treatment of a subject (for example, The Macintosh Bible on the popular Apple computers). The word "bible" is getting tossed about too...

NTs I have state "New Testament" on the cover, not "Bible". This item sounds like a devotional book. Should Daily Bread change their name to Daily Bible?

There are some versions that claim literalness in their titles (like Green's KJV3: Literal Translation of the NT). I can favorably recommend these two: the Analytical-Literal Translation NT (the ALT is based upon the Majority Text), and the Concordant Literal Translation NT (the CLT is based...

With that for a definition, I can state that Erasmus didn't write a paraphrase!

I think I'm gonna go buy me a strong drink. (Hey, its Scriptural!)

If it doesn't include every verse of Scripture, should it have "Bible" as the title?

What distinguishes a verbose paraphrase from a succinct commentary?

You may be being a bit disingenuous here; you probably have better access to those languages than previous generations and most current Christians worldwide, and you could learn Greek and Hebrew with a little effort. Basically, you have made an assertion in your OP that the KJV has not added...

Hello CDF, and a sincere welcome to the BB. Unfortunately, I must dispute some of the 'facts' you presented. First, Jerome and Erasmus didn't produce any English works. Jerome is credited with the production of the Latin Vulgate; without getting into a lot of details, his Latin version was...

Have you ever read any part of Erasmus' paraphrase? I read one page and could hardly figure out where there was any direct referrence to scripture words at all (very long); its what we would probably now call a commentary. Erasmus' work is not at all like the "Living Bible" or "The Message"...

From your above statement it seems that you must believe that "it" (referring back to the KJV) is not precisely the same thing as "the Bible". Apparently, you believe the genuine 'Bible' is actually found in it's original languages. If the KJV is not 'The Bible' then we hardly need to be...

I think the 'authors' wrote at their own personal level of literacy. Peter & John were not particularly 'highly' educated, but Paul & Luke were probably more formally trained (that really only leaves Matthew, James, and Jude remaining.) It is clear that the Epistles & Gospels in Greek are...

People may dispute the actual Grade Levels assigned to each translation, but I found in my experience that the relative differences in reading level to be approximately correct (I have read ten of these NTs completely; I have read some portions but not the entire NT of the NRSV, GW, and NIRV)...

Yes, English versions. In this context "version" means a translation. The inspired words of God are preserved in Hebrew and Greek scriptures, of which our 'Bibles' are translations. There is no evidence to conclude that any particular English text is the only one that should ever represent that...

Not exactly. My understanding is that the "Printer to the King" (Robert Barker of London) for many years held the monopoly (a term for sole royal license) to print the Bible in England. Later the universities where also given license to print Bibles (and in convoluted sub-licensing to other...

It is true that there are many misconceptions about the KJV (such as you mention that it was clearly NOT the first 'Bible' in English). But I would have to disagree with your assertion that "the KJV was not translated from the Textus Receptus" on the basis that it wasn't until the 1633 edition...

I assume you will attempt to explain why multiple English translations exist, not just the differences between them. I do not know of a specific study material package on the subject. Probably, if there was one, it could not be presented adequately in one night. If you find any such guide...

Clearly these are attempts to list unique translations; a list of the marketed iterations of the NIV text over the years (just for example) would likely yield hundreds: large print, study editions, compact, etc. Unfortunately, most list makers do not put forth enough effort to prevent...