Episode 36 Fat - All that Moral Weight

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Listen to "036 Fat - All that Moral Weight" on Spreaker.

 


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The Competing Bibles in use in the 17th Century

1) The Great Bible of King Henry VIII (16th Century) - this is the I'm right, and richer than everyone version.

If you are going to tell the Pope that he's not in charge here (in England - Scotland is still Pope-land at this point), your are going to need a new Bible.

The title Page as Printed

The Great Bible in Use - chained up b/c 
16th & 17th Century People liked their stuff COLORED IN!

Embellished title pages like this was how the Great Bible was experienced 
(in Barbie Full Color)
Not the plain printed page above
(Moody & Grim)

2) The Geneva Bible (16th Century) - this is the technical annotated version for people who enjoy the argument

The Geneva Bible - Title Page

Geneva Bible Pages
Though Contemporaneous with the Great Bible
The Swiss printing quality is noticeably superior to the English
Also note the density of information, the map of the Holy Land
and the extensive commentary & marginalia

3) The King James Version (17th Century) - this is the, here, you can stop arguing now, because we've corrected all the mistakes and solved all the controversies version.  (It did not and has not stopped all the controversies).

A version of the King James bible is still in use in many American Churches right now

see - Teftament, Tranflated, Revifed etc.
But for the ones in use, they've mostly
modernized the spelling and replaced all the "long s" that look like f. 






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