which bible
which bible
Vulgate and KJV
When Pope Damasus commissioned Jerome in the 4th. cent. to translate the Scriptures anew, into modern Latin, he set aside the Greek Septuagint and translated from the Torah. Jerome moved from Rome to Bethlehem to study Hebrew so that he could read the original Hebrew scrolls, Targums, and Mishnah, and he wrote a Bible translated from Hebrew.
At first, his translation was not accepted by the Church, but after several decades of modifications it became the Latin Vulgate, the forerunner of The KJV (1) and Duoay-Rheims Bibles of today. The 5th. cent. Vulgate is still the official Vatican Bible.
In his Commentary on the Torah, Richard Elliott Friedman “One of the premier Biblical scholars in the country” said:
“The translator is always searching for the balance between literal and idiomatic. To get the balance exactly right is impossible. The closest any translation has come to it in English is the King James version.” (Commentary on the Torah , 2003 - Page xiii)
(1) more on the history of the King James Bible
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