The
article Here’s What Makes the
‘First-Century Mark’ Saga Complicated: The complex world of ancient biblical
manuscripts” provides a great overview of factors involved in dating the ancient
biblical manuscripts from which modern translations are made. It is well worth
reading several times.
“Speaking to a Christian audience, I would
want to say that if something is done, well, it should help you understand that
the world is a more complicated place than you previously thought it would be
in . . . You should always allow yourself to be surprised, to be challenged, to
be fascinated with how complicated the world is and not see that as a threat.
Use it as a reminder that our own culture isn't the only one that exists, and
that a lot of the reasons that we have things from other countries is because
we took them, or we paid for them from people who are just desperate for even a
small amount of money.”
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