![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, stunningly, Miriam Adelson - the Israeli-American wife of billionaire GOP contributor Sheldon Adelson - proposed adding a “ Book of Trump” to the Bible, which she suggested would be similar to the Book of Esther, since she perceives Trump to be a modern savior of the Jewish people. I am not speaking of someone actually inserting additional material into the Bible, something Jewish Bible scholar Joel Hoffman believes never has happened since the canonization of the books of the Old and New Testaments. Even more troublesome, however, could be creating additional injunctions with the thought that they also might carry prophetic weight and authority, similar to that of Scripture, since they are consistent with the character of the original and their creators believe them to have been written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Stating biblical texts in new ways for contemporary audiences is thus often objectionable to biblical literalists and inerrantists. When making Scripture relevant raises objections And I will send you out to fish for people.” The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood panned this Bible edition for renderings like this, even before it began to be marketed. To cite one illustration, older versions of Mark 1:17 read, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” The newer translation, however, reads: “Come follow me. The 2011 edition of the New International Version, a translation favored by many of the largest Protestant faith groups in America, has been dismissed, if not demonized, by conservative individuals and groups because of its “politically correct” gender-neutral language and the inclusion of women in biblical references. For example, the rejections of recent “gender-inclusive” translations of the Bible. Such textual changes occasionally have stirred up emotional reactions. Moreover, when a person believes in a theory of inspiration that says every word of Scripture was dictated by God, then modernizing the text could be an anathema. Perhaps the resistance stems from misinterpreted passages like, “You must diligently observe everything that I command you do not add to it or take anything from it” (Deuteronomy 12:32) or, “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book” (Revelation 22:18-19). ![]()
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