If you have plans to buy a new Bible in the future. Beware of which one you are buying. Some folks have taken it upon themselves to alter the text so as not to be offensive to the Muslim community. Here is an excerpt that explains it well.
"The most astonishing example of the global inroads being made by Muslim blasphemy codes may well be found in a deepening controversy over the Bible translations for many Muslim cultures by Wycliffe, the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), and some other Bible translators.
Ostensibly to placate Muslim sensibilities, they removed the words “Father,” “Son,” and “Son of God” to describe the Trinitarian nature of God in the New Testament, using instead, at least for the Arabic and Turkish copies, the terms “Allah,” and “Messiah.” The Christian Post provides an example from Matthew 28:19: “Instead of ‘baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,’ [the text] becomes ‘Cleanse them by water in the name of Allah, his Messiah and his Holy Spirit.’”"
If you feel so inclined, check out the Wycliffe, SIL and Frontier controversy that has been ongoing for over a year now.
On the positive side, the Bible has stood the test of time and will continue to outlive its skeptics. No book in history has been so studied, used and abused.
The facts are this, the Bible remains as the starting point of life for humanity and God has revealed Himself in it to be the eternally existent one, the Absolute from which we draw all definitions for life's purpose and destiny.
Its message stands or falls on its authenticity and its words are not just mere fantasy or superstitions, but have withstood the most scrutinizing analysis unlike any other manuscript in human history and it continues to rise up and stand tall as the utmost authority of all ancient documents. Its truths and accuracies have been demonstrated throughout time.
"The most astonishing example of the global inroads being made by Muslim blasphemy codes may well be found in a deepening controversy over the Bible translations for many Muslim cultures by Wycliffe, the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), and some other Bible translators.
Ostensibly to placate Muslim sensibilities, they removed the words “Father,” “Son,” and “Son of God” to describe the Trinitarian nature of God in the New Testament, using instead, at least for the Arabic and Turkish copies, the terms “Allah,” and “Messiah.” The Christian Post provides an example from Matthew 28:19: “Instead of ‘baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,’ [the text] becomes ‘Cleanse them by water in the name of Allah, his Messiah and his Holy Spirit.’”"
If you feel so inclined, check out the Wycliffe, SIL and Frontier controversy that has been ongoing for over a year now.
On the positive side, the Bible has stood the test of time and will continue to outlive its skeptics. No book in history has been so studied, used and abused.
The facts are this, the Bible remains as the starting point of life for humanity and God has revealed Himself in it to be the eternally existent one, the Absolute from which we draw all definitions for life's purpose and destiny.
Its message stands or falls on its authenticity and its words are not just mere fantasy or superstitions, but have withstood the most scrutinizing analysis unlike any other manuscript in human history and it continues to rise up and stand tall as the utmost authority of all ancient documents. Its truths and accuracies have been demonstrated throughout time.
. Much less hebrew, greek or aramaic...i like strongs in the blue letter bible because it will pronounce the word...lots of great tools out there to use for use today to dig up the treasures in Scripture. love that we each as believers can use the Spirit to understand also...God knows what he is doing !
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