/lit/ - Literature

>Matthew 21:22
>And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Why doesn't this work?

What Bible should /lit/ be reading?

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What Bible should /lit/ be reading?

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What is the definitive Bible version?

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Which Bible is the most accurate to be reading?

There are several versions of the Old Testament which are used for modern translations. All contain differences or missing verses. Manuscripts from A.D. may have been manipulated to support or discredit Jesus as the messiah.


>Masoretic Text (Tanakh)

1000 A.D. (Oldest Copy Found)

KJV is based on.

Missing Verse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_145

Isaiah 7:14
"Young Maiden" instead of "Virgin"


>Dead Sea Scrolls

150 B.C. (Oldest Copy Found)

ISV is based on.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Version

"The team decided to translate the ancient term Israelite to the modern term Israeli. Israeli is a term coined after the formation of Israel in the 1940s."

Isaiah 7:14
"Young Maiden" instead of "Virgin"


>Septuagint

300 B.C. (Legend Claims, Scroll Never Found)
Fragment found
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_Rylands_458

360 A.D. (Oldest Copy Found)
Codex Sinaiticus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus

NIV, ESV, CSB, NASB, NRSV, NET, etc. is based on.

Isaiah 7:14
"Parthenos" or "Virgin"