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...TIME, Oct. 6). It aroused considerable opposition in some U.S. church circles. This week the Rev. Martin Luther Hux, pastor of the Temple Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, N.C., publicly burned a page of the new version. His principal objection: the use of "young woman" instead of "virgin" in Isaiah...
...worst confused plant of the Bible is probably the rose. The flower mentioned in Isaiah 35:1 ("and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose") must have been a bulbous plant, probably a narcissus; the original Hebrew word for it means "bulb." Other "roses" were oleanders, anemones, tumbleweeds or crocuses. The biblical "Rose of Sharon" was not the modern rose of Sharon (a kind of hibiscus introduced from China), but probably a tulip...
Although the committee had the backing of the National Council of Churches-and themselves represented most major Protestant denominations-they approached their translations not as theologians, but as scholars seeking the most authoritative text. Some of their changes are sure to rouse controversy. In Isaiah 7:14-"Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son"-they have substituted "young woman" for virgin, on the basis of a 2nd century text. In Luke 2:14 the angels no longer say ". . . on earth peace, good will toward men." The Revised Standard Version: ". . . and on earth peace among men with whom...
Highlights of the exhibit: ¶ A 4th century papyrus fragment in Greek containing a passage from the Book of Isaiah...
...Prophet Amos is not properly appreciated. "There are only nine chapters in the Bible on Amos, but Amos says as much in those few chapters as Isaiah did in 66 chapters." Besides, "Amos was interested in the welfare of the average...