There are those who believe they're wiser than God and also think they know more about the Jews, their language, and their history than the Jews themselves. Following is a history that describes the corruption that has occurred over the past 150 years. It begins with a man whose name is Constantine Tischendorf. It was the year 1844. The place is the Monastery of St. Catherine at Mt. Sinai in Egypt. While touring the Monastery, he noticed a wastepaper basket filled with pages of ancient manuscripts. They were all written in the old-style Greek; their pages were from the Old Testament.
Several years later, he returned. This time, it was under the sponsorship and financing of the Russian Tsar Alexander II, patron of the Greek Orthodox Church. Now, the manuscript would be under the protection of the tsar of Russia. But when Vladimir Lenin began his reign, the Russian government sold them to the British Museum. All documents date back to the fourth century. It was the time of the Arian heresy.
Also found are the oldest nearly complete manuscripts of the Bible called the Codex Vaticanus' which also dates back to the fourth century. The manuscript reported having some 15,000 changes already made by unknown hands. Yet they were used for translation by Wescott and Hort in the late 20th century. The work they produced was, for the most part, rejected, as was the work of Tischendorf. These men thought, 'Older is better,' but all it did was cause confusion in the Christian community.
But this manuscript, with all its errors, was preserved. It went from Tischendorf to Wescott and Hort, then to Nestle and Allen in 1927. From this came the Nestles and Allen text. The NIV is in its fourth copyright since the first edition came out in 1973. One would think after 120 years, their first edition would have been correct, but it wasn't. Almost all modern-day Bibles used today stemmed from these heavily altered texts. Westcott and Hort made thousands of changes to these newly acquired manuscripts. The changes included roughly 1900 omissions, 467 additions, 3185 other changes, and 4366 words added, creating almost 10,000 changes. Add to that the 15,000 thousand changes made when Tischendorf found the documents. He would have rejected them if he did not have such a big ego and desire for money and fame.
They produced a work that had a tortured translation and was highly modified. They twisted many verses in scripture with word changes and punctuation marks. These Bibles were sold to an unsuspecting community of Christians, creating a wall of separation in Denominational unity, Biblical scholarship, and Christian thinking and understanding.
Several years later, he returned. This time, it was under the sponsorship and financing of the Russian Tsar Alexander II, patron of the Greek Orthodox Church. Now, the manuscript would be under the protection of the tsar of Russia. But when Vladimir Lenin began his reign, the Russian government sold them to the British Museum. All documents date back to the fourth century. It was the time of the Arian heresy.
Also found are the oldest nearly complete manuscripts of the Bible called the Codex Vaticanus' which also dates back to the fourth century. The manuscript reported having some 15,000 changes already made by unknown hands. Yet they were used for translation by Wescott and Hort in the late 20th century. The work they produced was, for the most part, rejected, as was the work of Tischendorf. These men thought, 'Older is better,' but all it did was cause confusion in the Christian community.
But this manuscript, with all its errors, was preserved. It went from Tischendorf to Wescott and Hort, then to Nestle and Allen in 1927. From this came the Nestles and Allen text. The NIV is in its fourth copyright since the first edition came out in 1973. One would think after 120 years, their first edition would have been correct, but it wasn't. Almost all modern-day Bibles used today stemmed from these heavily altered texts. Westcott and Hort made thousands of changes to these newly acquired manuscripts. The changes included roughly 1900 omissions, 467 additions, 3185 other changes, and 4366 words added, creating almost 10,000 changes. Add to that the 15,000 thousand changes made when Tischendorf found the documents. He would have rejected them if he did not have such a big ego and desire for money and fame.
They produced a work that had a tortured translation and was highly modified. They twisted many verses in scripture with word changes and punctuation marks. These Bibles were sold to an unsuspecting community of Christians, creating a wall of separation in Denominational unity, Biblical scholarship, and Christian thinking and understanding.
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