'The Superiority of the KJV' (Part 1)

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[for brevity, snip Dr. Waite's argument about the Hebrew Text]

HELEN:
Matt, the early Christian fathers and the New testament used the Greek text
called the Septuagint when they quoted the OT, which is very different from
any version of the Masoretic Hebrew OT text. Are you saying the NT and the
early church fathers were wrong to do this? The reason so many scholars
like the Dead Sea Scroll Hebrew OT is because it is closer to the Greek
Septuagint used in the NT and therefore makes the NT authors look slightly
less foolish. I think your author Waite, should first explain why he thinks
the NT authors used the Greek Septuagint OT before he gets into a petty
dispute over which Masoretic Hebrew texts is the more correct.

STEVE CR
Just a quick addition... In Heb 10:5 the writer cites a passage from Psalm
40. He cites from the LXX which is different from the MT and this
difference affects the doctrine he is trying to prove:

'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared
for me' (Heb 10:5)

'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, My ears you have opened' (Psalm
40:6 MT)

The two texts are significantly different.

[evangelical mode]
These people who argue for the KJV, do they not know, have they not read,
that the great writers of the NT, the apostles and followers of our Lord
Jesus Christ, used the SEPTUAGINT. They didn't use the Hebrew, no they used
the SEPTUAGINT. Is Dr. Waite and his followers saying that he knows better
than the DIVINELY inspired apostles....
[evangelical mode off even though I was enjoying it]

So here are some significant problems for you to begin with Matt. There are
lots of other problems to our posts which I'm sure we'll all come to in due
course. These points aren't a surprise for you are they? These subjects
have come up reasonable regularly on the list over the last 6 months. 

Look forward to your response.

Steve Carson-Rowland
Queensland - Land of Eternal Summer

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