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What is the original Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?

What is the original Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?. Welcome to Family Builders. The Septuagint (LXX). Answering the Bible Question: Is the Bible the Word of God?. Pastor Eric S. Lewis Shadow Mountain Community Church. Series Review. Week 1

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What is the original Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called?

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  1. What is the original Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament called? Welcome to Family Builders The Septuagint (LXX)

  2. Answering the Bible Question:Is the Bible the Word of God? Pastor Eric S. Lewis Shadow Mountain Community Church

  3. Series Review • Week 1 • What does the Bible claim about itself? (Doctrine) • Week 2 • How do we know that the Bible’s claims are true? (Apologetics) • Week 3 • How do I know my English Bible is reliable? (Compilation and Translation)

  4. Last week we discussed… That the Bible can be shown to be… Prophetically accurate Archeologically accurate Scientifically accurate Bibliographically accurate These concepts are known as the apologetics of the Bible.

  5. This week we will discuss If the Bible is inspired, and the original language texts are 99.1% accurate, how do we…. • Get our English translation? • Understand why there are so many? • Choose which Bible we want to buy?

  6. How do we get our Bible in English?

  7. Collection • Archeological finds sometimes change the way the scripture is translated • Archeological finds sometimes add to our collection of MSS and fragments

  8. Textual Criticism The process of compiling the fragments into a single text. What happens when two manuscripts do not agree?

  9. Translation • Translation Philosophy • English Inadequacies • Cultural Differences There are two things that cause differences in translations…

  10. So Where do the English Versions Line Up? YLT NASB NKJV The Message TNIV NIV KVJ Most Literal Translation Least Literal Translation

  11. To Sum Up: • The English Bible comes to us through a three step process: Collection, Textual Criticism, Translation • Differences in Bible translations occur for three reasons: • Language inadequacies and • Criticism methodologies • Cultural difference

  12. To Sum Up the Series: • The Bible claims to be the Word of God • The claims of the Bible stand up to attack • The modern Bible is reliable today Therefore, the balance lies with the Bible is the word of God as it claims to be.

  13. Therefore: The modern Bible can be accepted to be Word of God to the degree that they adequately reflect the original writing. 99.1% in the original Languages

  14. So What? “The Bible is the Word of God in such a way that whatever it says, God says.” -Dr. B. B. Warfield

  15. Questions?

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