All we have are copies of copies of copies, most of them copied hundreds of years after the original texts were written. No original manuscript of any biblical book has survived! All of the texts written by the biblical authors themselves have been lost or destroyed over the centuries. ![]() ![]() Today read are not the original biblical texts, but other people's translations of the scriptures.īut why are there so many different English translations of the Bible? And why can't churches or scholars agree on just one translation? The Bible was not written in English - not even "King James English"! Most of the books of the Old Testament were originally composed in Hebrew (with a few portions in Aramaic), while the entire New Testament was originally written in Greek (although some books may also incorporate Aramaic sources). English Translations of the Bible English Translations of the Bible
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