Post 327 I asked "You've never even read the Bible? You replied, "No why do you ask".
And you also said you reject MOST of the Christian Bible. Remember?
You asked if I had read the JW bible, I said no. I read the KJV, but study from the NAS, for it is much closer to the Greek interpretations than the KJV, but I read the KJV for I like the poetic writings in it and most read it so that is what I quote from.
If the JWs has their own bible no I have not read it, but I have read and studied The Septuagint Verson, a translation of the old Testament Hebrew into Greek which was made at Alexandra about 285 BC.
The Samaritan Pentateuch, The whole bible but not sure the date but 1st or 2nd Century translated into the common language from certain parts of Syria.
The Vulgate,the whole bible translated translated into Latin by Jerome at Bethlehem about 400 AD, and for 1000 years was the standard bible in the Catholic Church. and during the dark ages was locked up in Latin and not available for the general population to understand so that the Catholics could tell the people what they wanted the Bible to say without questing their own doctrines.
And then we go to the English versions.
The Wycliffe, a scholar and bible student who translated the whole bible into English starting in about 1380.
William Tyndale was the next to interpret it into English, a Greek scholar, but Persecution made it impossible for him to do his work in England so he crossed over the continent to do his work and issued in 1525. and the Pentateuch in 1530.
Miles Coverdale was a friend of Tyndale, did a bible dedicated to Henery the VIII om 1535. He used the Latin and Tyndales bible to compile his version.
Matthews Bible, 1537, credited ti a man named John Rogers. a friend of Tyndales.
The Great Bible 1539, based upon Matthews, Coverdale, and Tyndal's bibles.
The Geneva Bile 1500,
The Bishops bible 1508
The Douay A Roman Catholic version. 1582.
The King James, made by 47 scholars in 1611 authorized by King James 1 of England The Bishops bible was the bases of the new version But the Hebrew and Greek were also studied for it along with other English bibles.
The revised version 1881 -1884 Made by English and American scholars, and a little different from all there English bible it reaches down into the most ancient copies of original scriptures.
The American Standard version, 1900 1901, incorporates into the text the preferred readings of the American members of the Revision committee of 1881-5
So you see it has been edited over and over and over again and man decided what they want into it as canon.
And so you see I really have read the Bible studied it for many years, taught it, and I have read others books such as Enoch, 4th 5th and 6th Peter, that theologically were not entered into canon and there was a song argument Amon scholars that Peter didnt even write them.
So yes I have read it a little bit LOL. These are just some notes that I made in study and used to teach many years ago.
Tell me of your studies, I would like to know how you became the authority of it as you claim?