Hills' Reformed defense of the Textus Receptus and KJV
Please vote on adding a copy of Hills' "The King James Version Defended" to Logos. (Now titled: "Text and Time: A Reformed Approach to New Testament Textual Criticism").
Using the original book title, according to Theodore P. Letis, this book is best known as a defense of the Textus Receptus and the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
Key ideas: historic Bible criticism based on faith, Providential Preservation, the church has a Received Text.
[Table of Contents]
Introduction: Textual Criticism and Christian Faith
1. God’s Three-Fold Revelation of Himself
2. A Short History of Unbelief
3. A Short History of Modernism
4. A Christian View of The Biblical Text
5. The Facts of New Testament Textual Criticism
6. Dean Burgon and the Traditional New Testament Text
7. The Traditional New Testament Text
8. The Textus Receptus and the King James Version
9. Christ’s Holy War With Satan
Appendix: A History of My Defence of the King James Version
[KJV Defended description from Reformation Heritage]
The Bible in English has fallen on hard times. Not only do some feminists see it as a format from which to transform Ancient Near Eastern, patriarchal religions into modern, 20th century paradigms of egalitarianism, but the American Bible publishing industry has reduced it to a commodity, hoping to maximize gains by imposing a marketing-manufactured consensus on conservative evangelicals, calling it the beginning of a ‘new tradition.’
Edward F. Hills in his work The King James Version Defended represents a sober and compelling argument for the ‘old tradition.’ As a well trained classicist and internationally recognized New Testament text critic, he analyzes the problems of both modern language translations and current New Testament text criticism methodology. With the sometimes widespread and uncritical acceptance of such translations as New International Version by pastors as well as laymen, this defense of the historic, English Protestant Bible should be read by all who share an interest in these areas.
[Amazon description]
"Throughout the ages the Gospel message has remained unchanged: Jesus Christ, the divine Saviour, has paid the penalty for man’s sins. Through His crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus Christ has redeemed those who by faith repent of sin and claim Him as Lord.
For the Christian, Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection is foundational, verified in holy Scripture. Scripture affirms the Gospel record, declaring it authentic and true (Ps. 119:160). Scripture also states that the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isa. 40:8). Thus, providential preservation of Scripture is ordained by God and must have occurred in the transmission of the Greek New Testament manuscripts. For if holy Scripture is indeed authentic and true, why would God not preserve it actively as He promised?
Text and Time: A Reformed Approach to Textual Criticism applies the logic of Christian faith and divine providential preservation to textual criticism, tracing extant Greek New Testament manuscripts from the early Christian church and noting their impact upon modern Bible translations.
In defending the integrity of the Textus Receptus and all faithful translations of it, Dr. Hills emphasizes the importance of maximum certainty in the past manuscript record, as opposed to uncertainty posed in the quest of a future manuscript record. Maximum certainty in the past manuscript record authenticates the death and resurrection of Christ, verifies the past testimony of the saints as they worshiped the risen Christ and attests His future return as Christ the Victorious King (Rev. 22:13)."
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... Dr. Hills emphasizes the importance of maximum certainty in the past manuscript record, as opposed to uncertainty posed in the quest of a future manuscript record. Maximum certainty in the past manuscript record authenticates the death and resurrection of Christ, verifies the past testimony of the saints as they worshiped the risen Christ and attests His future return as Christ the Victorious King (Rev. 22:13)."
Well, there you go. A bird in hand is worth ...
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I voted. I am not familiar with the book, and I am not for or against it, but it seems like a book that some students would want to quote in a paper, even if to argue against it. We need diversity. All kinds of diversity.
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Excellent, thanks. I was going to encourage many Critical Text advocates to do the same in the original post.
Hills represents a Reformed (Presbyterian) and sober line of thinking in the Textus Receptus/KJV debate, that many are not aware of and cannot discount so easily.
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I voted. I am not familiar with the book, and I am not for or against it, but it seems like a book that some students would want to quote in a paper, even if to argue against it. We need diversity. All kinds of diversity.
I have supported for similar reasons of diversity and understanding of where different people and groups come from on these sort of topics.
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