It's the Bible: don't expect it to be easy, says Dr Williams
It's the Bible: don't expect it to be easy, says Dr Williams
by Glyn Paflin
THE CHURCH TIMES
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=120692
November 18, 2011
TODAY's Bible translators should turn to the King James Version (KJV) when they are tempted to try to make the scriptures seem more accessible than they really are, the Archbishop of Canterbury said on Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking in Westminster Abbey at the service in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the KJV, Dr Williams warned: "To celebrate the Bible of 1611 is not to genuflect before a timeless masterpiece, to salute a perfect translation; the translators would have been both baffled and embarrassed by any such idea.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Glyn Paflin
THE CHURCH TIMES
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=120692
November 18, 2011
TODAY's Bible translators should turn to the King James Version (KJV) when they are tempted to try to make the scriptures seem more accessible than they really are, the Archbishop of Canterbury said on Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking in Westminster Abbey at the service in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the KJV, Dr Williams warned: "To celebrate the Bible of 1611 is not to genuflect before a timeless masterpiece, to salute a perfect translation; the translators would have been both baffled and embarrassed by any such idea.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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