Advice for purchasing a bible

[Neodanthril]

True, but you can't ignore the old testament.

of course not, but you can ignore judaizers like the messianic jews.

 

[Barackis]

jesus's disciples used the septuagint

 

[Preacher ✝]

I'm not sure which one I should get

@Preacher ✝ your thoughts?

I made a post about this sometime ago that included PDFs, you can find it here. Let me know if you have further questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them.

Peace be with you.

Apologies for the delayed reply, I was playing Mount and Blade Warband and lost track of time.

 

[Margo Martindale]

I'm now wondering what the most expensive Bible in the world is...

 

[Preacher ✝]

I'm now wondering what the most expensive Bible in the world is...

An interesting question that lacks a clear answer.

This article lists the top 8 Antique "Bibles" by price, but as best I can tell none of them are actually a complete Bible.

For example the number one entry, the Codex Sassoon, is a Hebrew Bible, meaning it only contains most of the books from the Old Testament. So while they call it a bible its not really a bible in the full sense.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Crossposting from elsewhere...

I like the NET Bible. The senior New Testament editor, Daniel Wallace, had his Koine Greek textbook used in 2/3 of the schools that taught the subject. He's also most likely seen more Biblical manuscripts than anyone who has ever lived because of his digital preservation project.

 

[Contra Pozz]

Peter Follow Luku-luku Pipo Tok

11. As di beggar dey wit Peter and John, all di pipo surprise—con run meet dem for one place wey dem dey call Solomon Balcony for di worship-place.

12. Wen Peter see wetin happun, he tell dem sey: “Men of Israel, wetin dey make una surprise? Why una dey look us as if na awa pawa or goodness nahin we take make dis man waka?

13. Di God of Abraham, Isaac plus Jacob, di God of awa papa don raise hin servant Jesus. Una carry am give pipo wey kill am, and una bone am for Pilate front, even wen Pilate don already decide to free am.

14. Una fashi di Holy and Good One, con sey make dem release killer for una.

15. Una kill di Prince of life, but Baba-God raise am from di dead, and we see am wit awa korokoro eyes.

 

[The Cheese Aisle]

I agree with everyone recommending the NASB. I also suggest donating to The Ethiopian Orthodox Bible Project if possible, which aims to translate the missing books of the original Bible from Ge'ez in to English.

 

[Marcus Zuttenheim]

Advice for purchasing a bible​

Read it.

I am planning on going to my local bookstore to buy a Bible but there are so many versions I'm not sure which one I should get. When I was kid for my baptism I got the perfect Bible, It had every single story from the Bible inside and every single page had a beautiful gothic renaissance painting depicting the stories. I have no idea what it was called or what happened to it. What would you guys suggest I buy? I want one that is as close to the original text as possible.

It doesn't really matter which version you get. Most of them leave a lot of the Lord's word out of it, due to the Catholic church wanting control over man. I would recommend the Jerusalem Bible, though. It's got most of the scripture the Vatican hasn't ripped out of it.

I use the New King James Version, although the old King James is closer to the original text.

Agreed. King James, new or old, is also good.

The best thing you can do honestly though, is watch this channel as well. AoC Network covers all revision of the Bible when talking about the gospel. ALSO, don't look toward denominations for faith. They're for religion. Big difference. The only true denomination is the very words from the Lord himself. Best wishes on your spiritual journey, brother. Stay safe, @ACTUAL_SCHIZOPHRENIC .

 

[Safir]

1. Find awesome, quotable Bible verses on the online ("your favorite Bible verse", book chapter verse in profiles and sigs, etc).
2. Go to Bible Gateway.
3. Compare versions of the verses from step 1.
4. Choose the Bible that sounds the most epic.

 

[Sexy Senior Citizen]

@ACTUAL_SCHIZOPHRENIC My advice would be to get the MacArthur Study Bible (link goes to the one I own). It's the NASB version and features the commentary of John MacArthur, one of the most prominent and Biblically sound Christian teachers out there.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

>Which Bible to buy
>the whole thread is full of "you should buy this jewish rabbi's interpretation of the bible"

 

[No. 7 cat]

Knox or Confraternity or Douay-Rheims-Challoner..

 

[skykiii]

I own The New Oxford Annotated Bible and have been happy with it. It uses the NRSV and has a fuckton of notes and such.

Its interesting to see the differing opinions but there are things I'd like elaborations on:

1. What the fuck is a "masoretic text" and why are they to be preferred or avoided?

2. Someone mentioned that older Bibles are less likely to have "faggotry." Is this just an assumption or are there genuinely cases of modern versions being revised to be in line with Current Year attitudes?

 

[Van Darkholme]

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Written by Jar-Jar Binks, the one true prophet.

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

Buy one with pop up pictures.

 

[deleuzeon]

2. Someone mentioned that older Bibles are less likely to have "faggotry." Is this just an assumption or are there genuinely cases of modern versions being revised to be in line with Current Year attitudes?

Yes, this actually is true, although it's not necessarily about the age of the version, but what the goals for the version were and how informed the translator was. Many translations are more like paraphrasing the original text rather than attempting to word-for-word convert it into English. The problem with that is the translator imparts their own misunderstandings and biases. It can be more or less consequential, but it's how you get things like "actually my translation says women can be pastors too."

 

[TheGoodNamesHaveBeenTaken]

I like the NIV, however they went and messed it up a few years back.
I don't remember exactly when they made the changes but it is worth it to poke around and find one of the older versions.

The older NIV Study Bible was set up nice and they weren't that expensive and they printed millions of them.
I suspect there are new old stock or gently used copies available on eBay and whatnot.

I rather like the Thompson Chain-Reference Bible.
They are available in different translations.
More info here:

https://www.zondervan.com/p/thompsonchainreference/

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

King James Only

 

[Piggle-o]

I like the Cambridge Clarion format for the size and general readability of paragraph format and the KJV for its literary impact, although the ESV is arguably more up to date with the Hebrew studies. It depends on how you want to read it, I prefer it as literature and leave other studies to interlinear texts that are easier to compare online.

Some alternatives are the David Bentley Hart New Testament and Robert Alter's Hebrew Bible translation and commentary from a literature perspective. There aren't many fresh, essentially literal translations that work outside of established jargon that theologians like to pedal on.