[Apologetics] Sirach 24

[Stephen Korsman]

Hi

Thanks Art and Dianne for your comments.

It looks to me like different texts were used for the translation - that
explains a lot of the numbering differences between the DRB and the KJV.

God bless,
Stephen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Kelly" <arthurkelly at yahoo.com>
To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics at gathman.org>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Apologetics] Sirach 24


> Stephen,
>
> I've never compared any of the books of the Old
> Testament, but in the New Testament, the King James
> Version and the Douay Rheims Version are almost
> identical.
>
> The Douay Rheims New Testament was published in 1582
> and the Old Testament was published in 1609. The King
> James Version was published in 1611.
>
> I believe the Rheims New Testament strongly influenced
> the King James translators. However, the Douay Old
> Testament was published much later and the King James
> translators did not have enough time to study it.
>
> I consider the King James New Testament and Rheims New
> Testament to be the two best translations. The Revised
> Standard Version, which is an updated version of the
> King James Version, is next.
>
> I'll have to look into Sirach.
>
> To start with, it is listed as Apocrypha in the King
> James Version, as it is not in the Jewish canon.
> Accordingly, the translators who worked on this may
> not have been their very best guys.
>
> Sirach by that name is not listed in the Douay Rheims
> Version. It is called Ecclesiasticus.
>
> I've noticed some of the numbering in other Old
> Testament books in Douay Rheims does not correspond
> with other translations. I'll see how it matches up
> here.
>
> I'll let you know if I come up with something.
>
> Art
>
> --- Stephen Korsman <skorsman at theotokos.co.za> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Look at some of the different versions of Sirach 24
> > - see attached PDF file.  I hear the KJV is similar
> > to the NAB and RSV.  The Douay is the only one that
> > translates from the Vulgate.  Any ideas as to the
> > huge difference between KJV and the DRB/Vulgate?
> >
> > God bless,
> > Stephen
> > --
> > Stephen Korsman
> > skorsman at theotokos.co.za
> > www.theotokos.co.za
> >
> > IC | XC
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> >
>
> > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pdf name=Sirach 24.pdf
>
>
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