Inerrant red letters!!
Carl Geisik cgeisik@lanl.gov
Sun, 20 Dec 1998 09:57:30 -0700 (00914194650, 3.0.32.19981220095728.006a33b8@dxmail.lanl.gov)
Greetings,
>Dave Gaban wrote:
>
>>Revelation 22:12-13 are also in red letter, indicating the
>>words of Jesus.The following Bibles in my possession
>>show the text from Revelation 22:12-13 in red letter:NIV,
>>NAB and KJV. All note "red letter" as indicating the
>>words spoken by Jesus.
>
>and in another post:
>
>>Revelation 1:8 is also in red letter, indicating the words
>> of Jesus.
>
>Matthew Bell
>The 'red letter(ing) in some Bibles is not part of the inerrancy claim. Such is
>the work of man, the same as footnotes, cross-referencing, additional comments
>etc etc. Man is fallible, I consider that most certainly in 1:8 and probably in
>22:13 such fallibility is in evidence. I base this on the surrounding context.
<<SNIP>>
GEISIK
Let me see if I get this right. Matt is claiming that the multitude of scholars and translators that complied this book knew LESS about the meaning and the context than he does?
I look forward to the upcoming Bell version. Please let me know when it is published. I will be one of the first customers. Perhaps his translation will clear up a lot of questions.
Carl Geisik