Submitted 4 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
Is this basically saying that we all can become equal to a God just by writing some bs or do we desperately need a divorce to do so?
KJV Bible want written by King James. It’s a translation from the 1600’s sponsored by King James and it includes the translation of the old testament.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version
None of it is handed down by god. All of it is just humans “writing some bs.”
I won’t touch on the points covered by the other replies because they’ve explained it perfectly. I think you’re confused about the divorce thing, though.
King Henry VIII was the one who founded the church of England to allow him to get a divorce. But his version was essentially identical to the Roman Catholic church but with the king instead of the pope.
His great great grandson, King James VI / I actually cared about religion and reforming the church. He supported the idea that everyone should be able to actually understand the scripture, instead of just the elites and clergy. He was also very anti-Catholic and, as a direct result, was the king targeted in the Gunpowder Plot.
You sound very confused about the origins of the Bible. The entire thing was written by humans, over the course of centuries, and eventually assembled together by a committee of humans who decided which books to include and which ones to exclude. It is all alleged to be inspired by God.
jfc
The whole thing was written by humans, ans King James wasn’t even one of the writers; they just translated it to English for the first time, IIRC. And they didn’t even do a direct translation. They translated a German version which was translated from Greek, which was translated from the original Hebrew.
I am not entirely sure what your question means, but here goes.
The Old Testament (aka the Hebrew Bible) is a collection of ancient writings spanning hundreds of years, primarily focused on the (alleged) history of the Hebrew people and the nation of Israel.
The New Testament is a collection of writings from primarily the first and second centuries CE, focused on the (alleged) life and teachings of Jesus, his death and resurrection, and the establishment of the Christian church.
In both cases, my understanding of the scholarly literature (I am not a biblical scholar I just listen to a few on social media) is that they were written by humans for a variety of purposes, then edited and curated over time to try to establish authority and accrue the power that comes with that authority. No scripture as far as we can tell was ever divinely inspired, let alone handed down from a divine being itself.
The King James Bible is just a translation of the Christian biblical canon, largely based on a prior English translation. I’ll be honest I have forgotten the purpose behind its creation, and I do not care enough to go find out.
Hopefully this was helpful?
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 days ago
King James didn’t write the New Testament—he commissioned an English translation of both testaments from originals that had already existed for over a thousand years in Hebrew, Greek, and Syriac.
Most Christians hold that both the Old and New Testaments were “divinely inspired” but created through human intermediaries.
Patnou@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I just find it weird that every one no matter where I ago preach that forgiveness new testament shit. I want a god who is pissed off from time to time and lay more Leviticus on us.
sunsofold@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Psalm 37:7