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What Bible version did Lewis read or prefer?

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What Bible version did Lewis read or prefer?

Postby wood-maid » August 3rd, 2006, 6:39 pm

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re: What Bible version did Lewis read or prefer?

Postby Sven » August 3rd, 2006, 7:15 pm

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re: What Bible version did Lewis read or prefer?

Postby David » August 3rd, 2006, 8:18 pm

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re: What Bible version did Lewis read or prefer?

Postby Leslie » August 3rd, 2006, 10:39 pm

Just as a guess, I would think that Lewis would have preferred the New Testament in Greek (and perhaps the OT as well, in the Septaguint translation). In English, I doubt that he would stick to one translation, particularly if he was investigating a specific point. As one trained in scholarly methods, he would have consulted several versions.
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Postby loeee » August 3rd, 2006, 11:23 pm

I have a Moffat NT. I like it.
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Postby wood-maid » August 4th, 2006, 4:14 pm

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Postby kevinshowe » December 13th, 2006, 11:38 pm

I would guess whatever Lewis thought about higher criticism in literature in general would be what he believed about higher criticism (e.g., TR vs. N/A critical text) in Scripture. Given what views we get of his ideas of Biblical inspiration and the like in [i]Reflections on the Psalms[/i], I rather think he wouldn't get too upset either way about the critical texts.
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