THE BIBLE

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

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THE BIBLE

The word is derived from the Greek Ta Biblia through medieval Latin and means The Books.

Know your Bible

The Affinity Bible, of 1923, which contains a table of affinity with the error, "A man may not marry his grandmother's wife".

The Bad Bible. A printing of 1653 with a deliberate perversion of Acts 6:6, whereby the ordination of deacons was ascribed to the disciples and not to the apostles.

The Bug Bible. Coverdale's Bible of 1535, is so called because Psalms 91:5, is translated: "Thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night".

The Camel's Bible, of 1823. Genesis 24:61, reads: "And Rebekah arose and her camels (for damsels)".

The Denial Bible. Printed at Oxford in 1792, in Luke 22:34, the name Philip is substituted for Peter, as the apostle who should deny Jesus.

The Forgotten Sins Bible, of 1638. Luke 7:47, reads: "Her sins which are many are forgotten (instead of forgiven).

The Unrighteous Bible. A Cambridge printing of 1653 contains: "know ye not that the unrighteous shall inherit the Kingdom of God?" instead of "shall not inherit" (1Corinthian 6:9). This edition is also calledTh Wicked Bible.

The Wicked Bible. So called because the word "not" was omitted in the seventh commandment (Exodus 20:14) making it, "Thou shall commit adultery". It is also called The Adulterous Bible.

The Vinegar Bible. An Oxford printing of 1717 in which part of the chapter heading to Luke 20 reads: "The parable of the Vinegar" (for Vineyard).

The Murderers' Bible. An edition of 1801 in which Jude 16 reads: "These are murderers (for murmurers), complainers,..." etc.

The Placemaker's Bible. The second edition of the Geneva Bible, 1562, Matthew 5:9 reads: "Blessed are the placemakers (peacemakers)..."

The Printers' Bible. An edition of of about 1792 which makes David complain that " printers (princes) have persecuted me without a cause." Psalms 119:161.


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