Some claim that there are books in the bible that have been lost and recently been discovered like the lost gospel of judas. God does not make mistakes, but of course, people do make mistakes. I began to read the bible since i believed in the lord. The devil has given man a bible that is not a bible because it takes man, sin, and god out of the bible nivesv. The canon of scripture, presented by the acclaimed british theologian and bible teacher brian edwards, identified as one of ken hams favorite apologists. A list of over 700 inconsistencies in the bible from. Just the simple truth does the bible have errors in it. It was an authorized version of the bible, being the revised standard version of the bible which was a revised version of the american standard version, published in 1901, which was a version of the king james version, published in 1611, which was revised and corrected for the first time in 1612, the very next year. From the bible, i knew a lot of work that god had done before, such as jehovah gods creating the heavens and earth and all things, destroying the world with a flood, and burning sodom, the lord jesus healing the sick and casting out the demons, feeding the five thousand with five loaves. The the books of the bible is ed and has been made available on the internet for your personal use only. The books of the bible, as they were originally written under the inspiration of the holy spirit 2 timothy 3. From the advent of neoorthodox theology in the early twentieth century, this assertion has become a mantra among those who want to have a high view of scripture while avoiding the academic liability of asserting biblical infallibility and inerrancy.
The earth is a flat disk in shape, like a dinner plate, and rests upon mountain pillars. A small listing but yet with good questions about some key contradictions in the bible. The protestant old testament includes exactly the same information, but organized into 39 books. After thoroughly studying the context of the passages in order to make certain that the assumed contradiction is not just a misunderstanding of the. Why the maccabees arent in the bible my jewish learning. In addition, there are many verses that contradict what is in the protestant jewish canon protocanonical books of the bible. There are many versions of bible of both catholics and protestants having their own 73 or 66 books respectively. The first and second books of maccabees contain the most detailed accounts of the battles of judah maccabee and his brothers for the liberation of judea from foreign domination.
The fact is, differences within two or more biblical accounts may be the result of copyists errors. Only the original autographs the original manuscripts written by the apostles, prophets, etc. The new testament is a collection of 27 books written between 40 ad and 100 ad in the common or koine greek language. Absolutely thorough explanation of so called errors in the king james bible. Armstrongisms 300 errors exposed by 0 bible verses. Dec 14, 2009 armstrongisms 300 errors exposed by 0 bible verses by stanley edwin anderson, 1973, church growth publications edition, in english. Peter s download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The original writings came directly from god through human authors. This excellent new resource contains 12 dvds each 3040 min.
A listing of 100 contradicting errors in the bible. When reading your bible it is important to ask yourself some basic questions. With the passage of time new versions of bible keep corning in and the older texts continue to undergo more and more distortions. The catholic church confirmed the books the canon of the bible in the councils of hippo 393 and 3rd council of carthage 397 when, according to the protestant reformers, she was still the true church click here for the actual council text and scroll down to see the list of books in the canon at that time, which is the same canon used by. From the bible, i knew a lot of work that god had done before, such as jehovah gods creating the heavens and earth and all things, destroying the world with a flood, and burning sodom, the lord jesus healing the sick and casting out the demons, feeding the five thousand with five loaves and. The additional books in the catholic bible are found in the old.
Any other use including, but not limited to, copying or reposting on the internet is prohibited. Armstrongisms 300 errors exposed by 0 bible verses by stanley edwin anderson, 1973, church growth publications edition, in english. The interpreters dictionary of the bible, a noncatholic work vol. Edwards spends nearly an hour trying to defend the idea that the sixtysix book protestant canon is the correct one, and his presentation is riddled with egregious factual errors. Another factor involved in errors in vernacular translations of the bible applies to the earlier versions. Since god is perfect, holy, and true, we know there are no real contradictions in his word, no matter what it seems at first. The following is an excerpt from the macarthur new testament commentary on 2 timothy 3. Someone may have confusion in understanding a specific passage and its original intent, but the fault does not lie with the documents, but the interpretation the reader may be trying to extrapolate from it. That person will reject all modern bible editions as corrupt. The original 1611 king james bible contained the apocryphal books which have clearly been demonstrated to have major errors in doctrine, history, and geography. Does the inerrancy of the bible only apply to the original. Yet he didnt make the light producing objects the sun and the stars until the fourth day 1.
Biblical scientific errors are external errors something that the bible gets wrong about the external world as opposed to internal errors something that contradicts the bible s own message. The same thing can not be said for the apocrypha books that did not make it into the bible. The protestant bible consists of 66 books which are considered to be divinely inspired. Yes, there are verses that appear to contradict each other. Often the answer depends on the eye of the beholder.
Here are a few examples by no means all, but perhaps most of what christian pharisees demand that we believe as inerrant fact. Below are a few errors false teachings from the niv and esv that brethren have fought against for years see ephesians 5. Oftentimes, modern man forgets that whenever duplicates of the old testament scriptures were needed, copies had to be made by handa painstaking, timeconsuming task requiring extreme concentration and special working conditions. The entire bible is rife with historical errors, its hard to just name a few major ones in such a short space. Lyons from time to time, a person reading the bible will come across names or numbers in two or more passages that seem to contradict each other. This book is tremendously educational yet very fascinating to read.
The books of the bible nt books download the free bible. Ad 96 2, the actual original copies written down by the prophets and apostles, we believe there were no errors that could affect doctrine. Inerrantist harold lindsell says, well, what really happened is that peter denied knowing jesus six times, three before the cock. Of course this process has been ongoing over the centuries with new books added. Catholics and protestants disagree regarding the exact number of books that belong in the old testament scriptures. I have found that some of the teachings of the translations of the bible contain errors and mistakes which must be examined and thought through so as to bring about a better understanding for both the christians and the nonchristians, especially those of the muslim islam faith. Sep 24, 2007 although a diverse group of human authors wrote the books of the bible in differing styles over a long period of time, the bible really has only one authorgod. All scripture is inspired by god and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for trainin. The dispute between them is over seven books, part of what is known as the apocrypha. Jan 14, 2008 many of the alleged errors within the bible have to do with historical facts. Only a couple of generations ago, scholars pointed to the bibles claim that there was a king of assyria named tiglathpileser as an obvious error, for archaeological evidence had not proven that any such king existed. While there are a few other periodicals that deal, at least ostensibly, with this subject area, envoy magazine is distinct from them in every way. However, looking at the bible objectivelya book written by approximately 40 different authors over a period of around 1500 years, and copied over and over by hand for 1400 years until the invention of the printing press.
The factual evidence says so, the vast majority of reliable witnesses say so, and the spirit of god says so. The curious case of the protestant bible catholic answers. Aug 16, 2019 the bible is the word of god, which errs. Nov 11, 2014 there are many versions of bible of both catholics and protestants having their own 73 or 66 books respectively. So, we have sixtysix books of the bible that were recognized as being godbreathed, and that must include them being errorfree. The books that tell the hanukkah tale didnt make it into the hebrew bible but they are in the catholic one. There is also discussion that the socalled lost books of the bible refers to ancient israelite books that are not really lost because we know of their existence as they are mentioned in the bible. By comparison, the books of the catholic bible include all 66 in the previous list plus seven extra books. One idea is that some words may be missing from the verse. Genesis god creates light and separates light from darkness, and day from night, on the first day. Pdf errors and contradictions in the bible islam pdfs. The kjv has been relentlessly attacked for 2 simple reasonsfor money and so scholars can become their own final authority and sit in judgement of gods words.
This article is reprinted with permission from envoy magazine. For example, the hebrew bible has one book of samuel, while the protestant bible has i and ii. Some experts think that there may be errors in our most ancient copies of that verse. In addition, there are many verses that contradict what is in the protestantjewish canon protocanonical books of the bible. For example, critics once proposed that moses could not have written the first five books of the bible because there was no writing in moses day. I, page 7, says that abiathar is obviously a mistake for ahimelech. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by ruckman, dr. Armstrongisms 300 errors exposed by 0 bible verses 1973. It has only been possible to print books for the last 600 years. Check the facts for yourself, read dean, john burgons books, seek the lords opinion, and youll discover why burgons scholarship has never been, or ever will be, refuted. There are errors in doctrine, history, and geography amongst other things.
Historians, archeologists, paleontologists and others have discovered the bible to be 100% accurate. The original 1611 kjv writers used over 4000 marginal notes offering alternate interpretations of the words they used. Home the bible is full of errors, so why do you trust it. The human population didnt come from just two people, and certainly was as never low as. Properly understood, the doctrine of inerrancythe teaching that the bible contains no errorsapplies only to the original copies of the biblical documents. Properly understood, the doctrine of inerrancythe teaching that the bible contains no errors applies only to the original copies of the biblical documents. A recent article entitled five mistakes in your bible translation which appeared in the huffington post, a liberal online newspaper, alleges that the bible contains numerous translation errors. This is why we can say that our copies have errors in them albeit very, very few and still hold to the doctrine of inerrancy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the errors in the king james bible.
King james bible king james version kjv search the bible select a book. Finally, the apocryphal books contain numerous errors. The bible is full of errors, so why do you trust it. Those who want to reject the message of the bible will often point to apparent errors, contradictions, and discrepancies. We believe that, as the word of god, the bible is perfect psalm 19. Even today the catholic bible contains several books not included in the authorized king james version of the bible. Some protestants use bibles which also include 14 additional books in a. Errors and contradictions in the bible tim challies. The translator must pick the understanding that seems the more likely, but this can only be a subjective judgem. The bible is only inerrant to the point that it matches the words of the inspired writers. A protestant bible is a christian bible whose translation or revision was produced by protestants. The same solutions that solve these problems in the protocanonical books will solve any parallels in the deuterocanonical books see the books mentioned above for examples. The errors in the king james bible kindle edition by. Reasons why the apocrypha does not belong in the bible.
If we read the bible at face value, without a preconceived bias for finding errors, we will find it to be a coherent, consistent, and relatively easytounderstand book. So, now, we have the official bible of today with 66 books with an addition of the 14 books of the apocrypha. Even more and different listings of contradicting errors in the bible. Such bibles comprise 39 books of the old testament according to the jewish hebrew bible canon, known especially to nonprotestants as the protocanonical books and 27 books of the new testament for a total of 66 books. These books include within them the earliest references. There are about seven hundred bible versions and all are on display in london museum. Jul 27, 2005 home the bible is full of errors, so why do you trust it. Koine greek was the language of commerce in the eastern mediterranean from the time of alexander the great in the 4th century bc until around 600 ad. All kjv books old testament only new testament only apocrypha only. Biblical scientific errors refer to biblical claims that go against scientific data, usually as a result of a literalistic reading. But what is truly baffling is that the new versions of kjv nkjv, kjv21 continue to include this verse, despite the facts concerning it, and the fact that no legitimate bible scholar in the world believes john wrote it. Dec 03, 2012 of course this process has been ongoing over the centuries with new books added. The books of the bible nt books english read version.
Tobit this book sometimes called tobias tells the story of a pious father who has fallen on hard times and how god rescues him and his family, which includes a son named. Now we know that writing existed a couple of thousand years or more before moses. Envoy is a bimonthly journal of catholic apologetics and evangelization. There is kings james version, revised standard version, new international version and american standard version etc.
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