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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3909549" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Back in around 2003 or so, I mentioned to a couple of the elders of our church that I thought that the KJV was best because it was translated much earlier than newer versions and thus might be closer to the same context as the original documents. One of them informed me that the New International Version also included writings from the Dead Sea Scrolls. But then he told me that with regards to word for word translations, the American Standard Version of 1901 was actually a closer version for word-for-word translation. So, I went searching online and found a source that still had that version.</p><p></p><p>Star Bibles is the source, but now the only thing they have available in ASV is just the New Testament and not the Old Testament. I'm fortunate that I bought when they had both. Below is a chart showing the "accuracy" of the different Bible versions. Note that the ASV is not listed because it is in such limited supply, but the New American Standard Version is right up there behind what is called the Interlinear translation. So, I would imagine that if the ASV was listed in the chart, it would be between the NASB and the Interlinear.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]324068[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>At one time, our church would have professors at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond come and speak to us on Wednesday night worships. On one of those occasions, the professor was one that had been involved with studying the Dead Sea Scrolls and new the languages for the Bible. I asked him if what I had been told about the ASV was true, and he said that it was pretty much that what he would translate would be what the ASV said. Anything else, and he would then have to translate and then paraphrase to some degree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3909549, member: 7900"] Back in around 2003 or so, I mentioned to a couple of the elders of our church that I thought that the KJV was best because it was translated much earlier than newer versions and thus might be closer to the same context as the original documents. One of them informed me that the New International Version also included writings from the Dead Sea Scrolls. But then he told me that with regards to word for word translations, the American Standard Version of 1901 was actually a closer version for word-for-word translation. So, I went searching online and found a source that still had that version. Star Bibles is the source, but now the only thing they have available in ASV is just the New Testament and not the Old Testament. I'm fortunate that I bought when they had both. Below is a chart showing the "accuracy" of the different Bible versions. Note that the ASV is not listed because it is in such limited supply, but the New American Standard Version is right up there behind what is called the Interlinear translation. So, I would imagine that if the ASV was listed in the chart, it would be between the NASB and the Interlinear. [ATTACH type="full"]324068[/ATTACH] At one time, our church would have professors at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond come and speak to us on Wednesday night worships. On one of those occasions, the professor was one that had been involved with studying the Dead Sea Scrolls and new the languages for the Bible. I asked him if what I had been told about the ASV was true, and he said that it was pretty much that what he would translate would be what the ASV said. Anything else, and he would then have to translate and then paraphrase to some degree. [/QUOTE]
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