What Bible to Choose?
If you, like me, have been blessed to be a part of a Church that maintains its teaching strictly through the Word of God, then you may have heard the Pastor mention that you must be careful as to which version of the Bible you are reading. Some of you may have even been recommended a version that your Church uses. But, have you ever asked yourself why books are different, why there are so many, and what makes one “better” than another? Well to answer those questions, we have to take a trip through history. We must look back to the original Hebrew Bible, which for us Christians is the Old Testament. For this topic, we will focus on two of the main different versions of the Hebrew Bible. If you are a visual learner you may want to draw some pictures to keep along since we will be referencing a lot of sources. The Septuagint is the oldest surviving Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. It was written sometime between the third and first century B.C. This is an important detail we...