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I'm in the same boat Larry Send a noteboard - 12/01/2012 12:14:11 AM
Studying the history of religion can make these things creep up on you. I was watching "The Simpsons" episode where Bart and Lisa had to stay with Flanders and Flanders asked them which Bible they wanted to use for the Flanders Bible trivia game.

I realized - I have more versions of the Bible than Flanders did in the episode.

I've counted, and I have:

NIV Study Bible
Catholic Study Bible
King James Bible
King James 400th Anniversary Facsimile Edition Bible
German Luther Bible 1545 Facsimile
Russian Bible
Slavonic Bible
Slavonic New Testament
Latin Vulgate
Greek New Testament
Greek Septuagint
Syriac Peshitta
Coptic New Testament
Hebrew Tanakh

Of course, I was primarily interested in historically significant versions of the Bible, but still...I never stopped to ponder it until now.


Not quite as many, but I do have the Septuagint, Greek New Testament, Latin Vulgate (NT in print, OT as e-book), King James, NIV, Catholic Study, and vernaculars for Spanish, Haitian, Indonesian (NT), Turkish (NT), Russian (NT), Czech (NT), German (NT), Serbian, Portuguese (NT), French, Portuguese (NT), and Gullah (NT). Most of these I found used at a bookstore, so they are mostly novelties, although I have read comparative passages in over half of the languages listed.

So yeah, I understand the feeling when an entire bookshelf is devoted to just one religious book. Curious about the Slavonic and Syriac, now that you've mentioned them...
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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I'm wondering if I own too many Bibles. Tom - 12/01/2012 12:08:16 AM 855 Views
I'm in the same boat Larry - 12/01/2012 12:14:11 AM 708 Views
Just FYI Tom - 12/01/2012 05:34:15 AM 634 Views
I know Larry - 12/01/2012 05:54:00 AM 713 Views
I have half a dozen different translations of The Critique of Pure Reason and The Symposium. Dan - 12/01/2012 03:42:01 AM 757 Views
Why not just get the originals? *NM* Tom - 12/01/2012 05:32:31 AM 269 Views
Probably for the same reason you have so many translations of the Bible. Dan - 12/01/2012 06:47:53 AM 684 Views
You need a bible that has 5 translations side by side Roland00 - 12/01/2012 04:16:25 AM 908 Views
Not quite Tom - 12/01/2012 05:31:57 AM 742 Views
That bad of translations? Larry - 12/01/2012 05:55:38 AM 766 Views
No, I just think that people forget they're reading a translation Tom - 12/01/2012 09:29:41 PM 633 Views
May I ask why you have the NIV rather than the NASB? *NM* Ghavrel - 12/01/2012 09:47:55 AM 314 Views
I think it's better. Tom - 12/01/2012 09:11:58 PM 746 Views
Bible geekery. nossy - 12/01/2012 11:55:48 AM 709 Views
Time for me to buy a green sweater. *NM* Tom - 12/01/2012 11:23:14 PM 309 Views
I only have 4 Camilla - 12/01/2012 01:58:13 PM 789 Views
I heard the Norwegian one had the controversial "Thou shalt slaughter Leviathan and eat him" passage Tom - 12/01/2012 11:24:50 PM 645 Views
Indeed Camilla - 13/01/2012 09:49:06 AM 866 Views
NIV Study Bible is high on my list of Must Haves. Rebekah - 12/01/2012 08:34:08 PM 703 Views
I'm a little confused Tom - 12/01/2012 11:25:28 PM 664 Views
I shall un-confuse you. Rebekah - 12/01/2012 11:42:20 PM 640 Views
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