Notes on Text of the Bible
– Discussed bible as a book of literature
– Translations, more bible being printed
– Copies; handwritten to print in 1400’s, stories retold and mistranslated
– CONTEXT: writer writes what he believes as true
– Categories of Bibles: Byzantine, Alexandrian, Neutral
– Expansion of Christianity at such a fast rate
Two things I found interesting in Waleskas well done presentation, one being the writer perception of what is important and what is not and there other being the expansion of Christianity at a such a fast rate.
Translating the Bible by Bernice
*purpose to make bible more available
– Hebrew to Greek
– Latin to Gothic = English
– Translator put in own beliefs e.i. protestant and Catholic views
*everybody thought there version was right
*ruling had influence
The Religious Use and Interpretation of the Bible By Anne
– History
– Theological doctrine
– Moral Perceptions
– Estiastial- the more Christian charge, how a body of bein should come together
– Guide to the times
– Personal Guidelines
*allegories with hidden truths
I personallly take the bible as a socure for some sense of guidance.