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Title: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Mark on October 28, 2011, 08:20:55 am
The Bible lives forever, even if the KJV is copyrighted

In May 2011, the English-speaking world celebrated the 400th anniversary of the most important piece of literature ever penned in the English language. It's the King James Version of the Bible, published on order of his Majesty King James I, in May 1611. More than any other publication, the Authorized Version of the Bible has influenced the standardization of language among English-speaking peoples of the world. It's also the best selling book of all time in any language.

Most people presume that since the King James Version has been around so long, it's now in the public domain.

Vaughan Williams, the renowned English composer, often set passages from the Authorized Version to music. He allegedly did this out of his great love and respect for the King James Version. But in an interview, years after his death, his widow, Ursula, was asked why Williams, who professed to be an agnostic, used the Bible so often in his compositions. With a twinkle in her eye, she replied: "Because it's out of copyright! No royalties!"

It turns out that's not true. In honor of the KJV's 400th anniversary, London's newly reconstituted Globe Theater—Shakespeare's old home stage—scheduled a series of actors to recite the entire King James Bible from the stage between Palm Sunday and Easter of 2011. But a few days before the presentation, the director received a bill for payment of a substantial royalty fee for the privilege of reading it publicly. The British Crown actually owns the copyright to the King James Bible, which has been renewed upon the accession of each succeeding monarch since King James himself. So the queen, through the auspices of Cambridge University Press, was sending him a bill, according to BBC Music Magazine.

"All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16). This we certainly believe and confess to be true, but the paper and ink belong to the Queen.

In 1874, John Richard Green wrote, in A Short History of the English People, "No greater moral change ever passed over a nation than passed over England in the 16th century. England became a people of the book, and that book was the Bible. As a mere literary monument, the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue. But far greater was its effect on the character of the people. The whole temper of the nation felt the change. A new conception of life and humanity superseded the old and a renewed moral and religious impulse spread through every class."

Two hundred years later, a new nation was born out of that "renewed moral and religious impulse," a nation, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, "conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

The Bible is more than just a book. Paper and ink can be bought and sold, language changes, and nations rise and fall, but, as Isaiah 40:8 says, "The word of our God will stand forever." It is the firm foundation upon which to build our labors, our loves, and most certainly our lives.

http://www.baptiststandard.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13136&


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Christian40 on January 15, 2014, 04:08:43 am
Saw this from a friend:

QUOTE:

The English Alphabet Evolved from the Ancient Hebrew Alphabet
 
The English alphabet is just as, if not, more, "Hebrew" than the Modern Jewish Hebrew alphabet. This is because there are more Hebrews speaking it today than Modern Jewish Hebrew. Also there aren't so many alphabets in between it and the Ancient Hebrew alphabet.
 
The English/Latin alphabet:
 came from the Etruscan alphabet,
 which came from the Paleo Greek alphabet
 which came from the Phoenician alphabet,
 which came from the Paleo Hebrew alphabet,
 which came from the Ancient Hebrew alphabet.
 
The Modern Jewish Hebrew alphabet:
 came from the Qumran Hebrew alphabet,
 which came from the Palmyrenean Aramaic alphabet,
 which came from the Nabataean Aramaic alphabet,
 which came from the Elephantine Aramaic alphabet,
 which came from the Paleo Aramaic alphabet,
 which came from the Paleo Hebrew alphabet,
 which came from the Ancient Hebrew alphabet.
 
Many people are aware that Modern Jewish Hebrew, Syriac (Aramaic) and Arabic are related. What they don't know is that English and Greek are also part of the exact same "Hebrew and Semitic" alphabetic family.

All five alphabets are the predominant alphabets used today by the descendants of IOQaB (Jacob) and OXU (Esau).'

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Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on August 01, 2014, 11:19:28 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6iGDqdNECg


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on August 03, 2014, 06:33:22 am
This is from Youtube's King James Warrior...

As God promised, He has preserved His word for the English people in the King James Bible. Proverbs 16:10 says, "A divine sentence is in the lips of the KING. . ." Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word of a KING is, there is power . . ." King James. "James" is not an English word but a Hebrew word. Did you know the Hebrew word for James is Jacob! You'll never guess what Psalms 147:19 says, "He showeth His WORD unto JACOB . . ."

 :o


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on December 26, 2014, 10:12:13 pm
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Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Christian40 on December 29, 2014, 04:10:42 am
The Most Popular and Fastest Growing Bible Translation Isn't What You Think It Is

"When Americans reach for their Bibles, more than half of them pick up a King James Version (KJV), according to a new study advised by respected historian Mark Noll.

The 55 percent who read the KJV easily outnumber the 19 percent who read the New International Version (NIV). And the percentages drop into the single digits for competitors such as the New Revised Standard Version, New America Bible, and the Living Bible.

So concludes "The Bible in American Life," a lengthy report by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Funded by the Lilly Foundation, researchers asked questions on what David Briggs of the ARDA, which first reported the results, calls "two of the most highly respected data sources for American religion"—the General Social Survey and the National Congregations Study.

The numbers are surprising, given the strong sales of NIV translations in bookstores. The NIV has topped the CBA's bestselling Bible translation list for decades, and continued to sell robustly in 2013.

The high numbers of KJV readers confirm the findings of last year's American Bible Society (ABS) State of the Bible report. On behalf of ABS, Barna Group found that 52 percent of Americans read the King James or the New King James Version, compared with 11 percent who read the NIV.

The KJV also received almost 45 percent of the Bible translation-related searches on Google, compared with almost 24 percent for the NIV, according to Bible Gateway's Stephen Smith.

In fact, searches for the KJV seem to be rising distinctly since 2005, while most other English translations are staying flat or are declining, according to Smith's Google research.

 Smith, whose research on how technology is shaping Bible use is profiled in this month's CT cover story, blended data from Google Trends and the Google Keyword Tool to see how English Bible translations compare in search terms. Bible translation searches may not necessarily be an indicator of Bible transation usage—a Bible Gateway study earlier this year found dramatic differences between the cities most likely to search for Bible verses and the American Bible Society's list of top "Bible-minded" cities.

Nevertheless, other studies also indicate that the KJV remains the translation powerhouse. A 2011 Lifeway study, for example, found that 62 percent of Americans—and 82 percent of Americans who regularly read the Bible—own a copy of the KJV.

"Although the bookstores are now crowded with alternative versions, and although several different translations are now widely used in church services and for preaching, the large presence of the KJV testifies to the extraordinary power of this one classic English text," Noll commented in the IUPUI report. "It also raises most interesting questions about the role of religious and linguistic tradition in the makeup of contemporary American culture."

Noll, a leading evangelical scholar, wrote a cover story for CT on where the world would be without the KJV.

The study from IUPUI in some ways paints a more religious picture of Americans than the ABS/Barna study, recording that 78 percent read their Bibles monthly, compared with the 41 percent found by Barna and the 53 percent found by Lifeway.

But IUPUI also found that fewer Americans read their Bibles every day—just 9 percent, less than the 13 percent recorded by Barna and half of the 18 percent found by Lifeway.

IUPUI also noted several main tells: You're more likely to read the Bible if you're female (56 percent compared with 39 percent of men), African American (70 percent read at least once a year, compared with 46 percent of Hispanics and 44 percent of whites), and older (56 percent of those over 70 years old, compared with 44 percent of those between 18 and 29). You're also more likely to read the Bible if you live in the South (61 percent) rather than the Northeast (36 percent).

While IUPUI found that readers name Psalm 23 as their favorite scripture, followed by John 3:16, Barna found that more people liked John 3:16 the best, followed by Psalm 23. (CT covered the 10 most-searched Bible verses of 2013.)

CT has reported on ABS's State of the Bible reports, including how the Bible gained 6 million new antagonists in 2013.

CT's previous coverage of the KJV includes a history of the translation, its influence, and how the KJV compares to other translations.

CT's previous coverage of the NIV includes the Southern Baptist Convention's rejection of the 2011 version for avoiding male pronouns where both genders are intended and responses from Lifeway and CT."

http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/march/most-popular-and-fastest-growing-bible-translation-niv-kjv.html?paging=off


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Christian40 on December 29, 2014, 04:11:41 am
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http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/march/most-popular-and-fastest-growing-bible-translation-niv-kjv.html?paging=off


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on September 07, 2015, 05:36:41 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mo3cJS_2yU


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on September 08, 2015, 11:48:57 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAKEzwlzk-Q


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on October 15, 2015, 11:11:07 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01Pjyx1S7Y


Title: Re: The Bible Lives Forever
Post by: Psalm 51:17 on October 27, 2015, 05:33:51 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIXNImfuSEg