The "reliability" of older texts is also subjective 
and is only based on the theories of others.

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Global Warming Called 'Fairy Tale'
> 
> 
> Well, most of the modern translations aren't "translations" 
> of the King James
> Version.  They're new translations from the Hebrew, Greek, 
> and Aramaic sources,
> often using older and more reliable manuscripts than were 
> available to the King
> James translators.  There will always be some unavoidable 
> bias on the part of
> any translator, but that's the value of having different 
> translations -- to
> compare and contrast them.  That's also why I studied Greek 
> in college and
> graduate school -- so I could study the New Testament in its 
> original language
> and not have to rely on translators.  (Sadly, I haven't kept 
> up with my Greek in
> the last 15 or 20 years as I should have, and I've forgotten 
> a lot, though I can
> still work through most New Testament passages provided I 
> have a lexicon and
> grammar book nearby.)
 

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