Flowers of Freethought
Flowers of Freethought
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Clearly that is an accident of our translation, and not an essence of the Bible itself. As much may be said for all our ancient standards.
Coleridge admits that our New Testament is less elegant and correct than the Old, and contains " slovenly phrases which would never have come from Ben Jonson, or any other good prose writer of the day. " Yet our New Testament, according to Mr. Swinburne (and there is no better judge), is translated from canine Greek into divine English. The truth is, the sty...le of our Bible is owing to the translators. They lived before the hurry of our cheap periodical press, when men 160 Floivers of Freethoiight.
wrote leisurely for leisured readers. There was also no great accumulation of native literature, and scholars studied almost exclusively the masterpieces of Greece and Rome. Their sense of style was therefore superior. Read the Dedication to King James in our authorised version, then the introduction to our rev^ised version, and see what an immense difference there is between the styles.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Clearly that is an accident of our translation, and not an essence of the Bible itself. As much may be said for all our ancient standards.
Coleridge admits that our New Testament is less elegant and correct than the Old, and contains " slovenly phrases which would never have come from Ben Jonson, or any other good prose writer of the day. " Yet our New Testament, according to Mr. Swinburne (and there is no better judge), is translated from canine Greek into divine English. The truth is, the sty...le of our Bible is owing to the translators. They lived before the hurry of our cheap periodical press, when men 160 Floivers of Freethoiight.
wrote leisurely for leisured readers. There was also no great accumulation of native literature, and scholars studied almost exclusively the masterpieces of Greece and Rome. Their sense of style was therefore superior. Read the Dedication to King James in our authorised version, then the introduction to our rev^ised version, and see what an immense difference there is between the styles.
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