Books and Authors for Text and Translation Research, Laity and Pastors Alike
Edward Freer
Hills
(1912-1981) graduated in Latin from Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa.
He
earned several seminary degrees, did graduate work at the University of
Chicago, and completed a PhD at Harvard University. His King James Version
Defended is one of the best and most readable books on the topic. His style
is plain, so his discussions of the following issues are easily comprehended by
ministers and laity alike:
·
The Johannine Comma, 1 John 5:7-8
·
The ending of Mark, Mark 16:9-20
·
The woman caught in Adultery, John
7:53-8:11
·
The doxology of the Lord’s Prayer.
This one book contains
a wealth of information about all the issues, including background about the
individuals, though Tyndale has been overlooked. The book can be obtained on
Amazon and also found as a $5 Kindle in the original title Text and Time.
Dean John William Burgon (1813-1888)
Burgon
has a society named after him, the Dean Burgon Society, which keeps the flame
alive for the King James Version. First of all, he was a sworn and published
enemy of German rationalism, which was promoted by the Essays and Reviews
edited by John William Parker. Burgon was appreciated for his sermons against
the book. His writing is heavy duty, not light work to read, but much clearer
after reading Hill. A good explanation of how Bibles became corrupted is
detailed in his The Revision Revised: A Refutation of Westcott and Hort’s
False Greek Text and Theory. The basic argument is clear and very much like
Hill’s – the Bible is revealed for believers and must be studied and explained
by believers. There is no middle ground or compromise, even though the
denominations are feathering their nests with the constant flow of new,
improved, but clearly dishonest translations.
Jack Moorman is a member of the
Dean Burgon Society
Early Manuscripts,
Church Fathers, and the Authorized Version
Forever Settled: A Survey
of the Documents and History of the Bible
Early
Manuscripts has extensive charts of the Majority
Text compared to sources favored by the modern text critics. For those who like
to view the words missing from the NIV, ESV, RSV, this volume is handy and
mostly visual.
Forever
Settled is a thorough history of versions, translators, and
text criticism. The book is quite valuable for amount of time and material
covered.
Gail Anne Riplinger is a lady without the
usual credentials for text criticism and Bible translations. She wrote her own
books on the topic and stirred up a major fuss among KJV supporters. The Dean
Burgon Society published a pamphlet about her marriages and lack of academic
background for the books she published – Aletheia O’Brien, A Warning for God’s
Sheep, http://deanburgonsociety.org/PDF/WhoIsGailRiplinger.pdf.
Dan Corner wrote A Critique
of Gail Riplinger’s Scholarship and KJV Onlism, June, 1999.
New Age Bible Versions
Greek and Hebrew Study
Dangers
In Awe of the World
Which Bible is God’s Word?
The Hidden History of
the English Scriptures
Blind Guides
Kurt Aland
and Barbara Aland,
The Text of the New Testament
This is essential reading for understanding the perspective
of modern text criticism, which has united previous text and translations
efforts. The best way to find the weakness of an argument is to start with
those who advocate it. More needs to be said about Eugene Nida, who accomplished
as much again precise translation as Wescott, Hort, and Aland did against
faithful manuscripts.
Alexander
McClure,
The Translators Revived
Our
Lutheran Librarian, Alec Satin, provided this print book (and free PDF) about
the King James translators.
