[Vision2020] Re: Bible. Was Bible in school

[Ralph Nielsen]

Mr. John Harrell,
	Unlike Thomas Jefferson, I have never had any desire to edit any 
existing version of the Bible. I read them all. The editor of one 
edition of the so-called Jefferson Bible is Forrest Church, the son of 
the late Senator Frank Church of Idaho.
	I do however recommend The Complete Gospels. Annotated scholars 
version. Robert J. Miller, editor. (HarperSanFrancisco, c1992). It 
contains the 4 canonical gospels, including additions to Mark and John, 
plus the Sayings Gospel Q, the long-buried Gospel of Thomas, and 
various other gospels and fragments. They are all translated into 
contemporary American English with introductions and footnotes.
	Ralph Nielsen


> From: John Harrell <johnbharrell@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sun Jul 27, 2003  8:00:50 PM US/Pacific
> To: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu>
> Cc: vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Re: Bible in school
>
>
> Mr. Ralph Nielson,
>
> No "evasion" of the issue; I did actually intend to address a different
> but related topic.
>
> Possibly you would have preferred me to start my post as follows:
> "Mr. Ralph Nielsen, on a different but related topic,...."
>
> Now, was your intent below to evade the questions I posed? But now 
> since
> I have clearly stated the intent of my post, possibly you can now 
> address
> it - or not.
>
> Cheers!
> John Harrell
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 03:37 PM, John Harrell wrote:
>>
>>> Mr. Ralph Nielsen,
>>>
>>> Don't forget Thomas Jefferson's bible, I believe he wrote one also, 
>>> or
>>> at
>>> least edited it.
>>>
>>> What about you, Ralph, how would you edit the Bible? Would it have 
>>> one
>>> book,
>>> or more? What would the bible according to Ralph look like? Would you
>>> add
>>> more stuff according to your "infinite" wisdom? Or, would you rip
>>> stuff out?
>>> Or, would you add some stuff and rip some stuff out?
>>>
>>> Should the bible according to Ralph Nielson be THE bible and THE
>>> ultimate
>>> standard? Or should we all have one that we individually get to
>>> create, and
>>> therefore, we individually decide to follow?
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> John Harrell
>>>