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New Testament Myths I

New Testament Myths I (28 January 2007)

Topics of Discussion

1. There are many myths about the New Testament: its production, canonization, transmission and translation.

2. The King James version is not as much a translation as it is a revision.

3. The idea that the New Testament writers were knowingly participating in a writing project which, when completed, was the accepted and acknowledged canon of scripture consisting of 27 books, finds no support in history.

4. The canonization of the New Testament was a long process taking many years with many differing lists of what belongs in the New Testament.

5. Joseph Smith's view of the German translators being the best and most honest.

6. Textual differences and the full deity of Christ.

7. J. Reuben Clark's book, Why the King James Version?

8. The idea that the New Testament is the dictated word of God is a view imposed on it which finds no support in the New Testament, history or reason. Very little of the New Testament claims to have come by divine revelation or inspiration. The first verses of the Gospel of Luke explain the sources used for this Gospel.

9. Does the New Testament denounce polygamy?

10. Some discussion of polygamy laws and Wilford Woodruff's Manifesto.

11. The main sources used by most non-English translations are Greek and Hebrew texts.

12. What is a text?

13. The orignal New Testament documents are long lost and all copies differ from each other, thus the necessity of textual criticism to determine which of the variants to accept.

14. Brief comments on the Gnostic writings.

15. Caller accused me of slander in my comments about the King James Version. He claims that the KJV was inspired. I responded.

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