Description
The Bible in English has fallen on hard times. Not only do some feminists see it as a formatfrom which to transform Ancient Near Eastern, patriarchal religions into modern, 20th century paradigms of egalitarianism, but the American Bible publishing industry as reduced it to a commodity, hoping to maximize gains by imposing a market-manufactured consensus on conservative evangelicals, calling it the beginning of a "new tradition." Edward F. Hills in his work The King James Version Defended represents a sober and compelling argument for the "old tradition." As a well-trained classicist and an internationally-recognized New Testament text critic, he analyzes the problems of both modern language translations and current New Testament text criticism methodology. With the sometimes widespread and uncritical acceptance of such translations as the New International Version by pastors as well as laymen, this defense of the historic English Protestant Bible should be read by all who share an interest in these areas.
Fifth Edition, copyright 2006 by Anne Hills Brown, The Christian Research Press, paperback, 339 pages.