On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> Thanks for the additional comments.
>
> It appears that one could now argue for the particular authority of the
> English KJV in that it achieves, (a) the centrality of the shortest
> chapter (Ps.117) - an outward appeal, invoking all to praise God, and
> (b) the centrality (in terms of verses) of a matching inward appeal,
> encouraging the soul to bless the Lord (Ps.103:1,2).
>
Vernon,
This is the most bizarre method of textual criticism I have ever seen. In
fact, although you claim to deduce the authority of the KJV from its
central chapter and verses, I think you are really doing the reverse. You
assume the KJV's authority and then conclude that its central chapter and
verses somehow stand out from most of the rest of Scripture.
Do you think that all believers prior to the reign of King James I were
disadvantaged by not having the KJV? After all, if the participants in the
Nicene Council had known about the KJV's I John 5:7, the task of refuting
the Arian heresy should have been easier. Also, if Augustine had had the
KJV when he wrote about the Lord's Prayer, he wouldn't have had to ask why
Luke omitted certain petitions contained in Matthew's account.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
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