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| Hi! I'm here to answer all your questions about those oddball books you can't find. Looking for a title, but not sure if it exists? Wanting to know who the real author is on a book you're pretty sure was written under a nom de plume? Where the heck is that Stephen King story your favorite movie is based on? Ask away! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Well, there is a brisk trade in misprinted (errant, the printed version of the idea of infallibility is inerrancy) Bibles. I�ve listed some of the most famous (should I say infamous?) below, with the gaffes that made them so funny to us bibliophile types. The �Charing Cross Bible� and the �Buggre Alle This Bible�, mentioned in Pratchett and Gaiman�s hilarious �Good Omens' book, do not actually exist, sadly. It would have made Sunday school a lot more fun. The Orange Catholic Bible, also doesn�t exist anyplace but in Frank Herbert�s Dune novels. However, any book that�s holiest commandment is "Thou shalt not disfigure the soul" doesn�t seem to bad, either. |
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| I was arguing with someone about the infallibility of the Bible. They said that the Bible is always right and every word is sacred. I say that's not true. What do you think? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Most famous Misprints: The Breeches Bible, 1560 Adam and Eve "sowed figge-tree leaves together and made themselves breeches" (Genesis 3:7) The Bug Bible, 1535 "Thou shalt not need to be afrayd for eny bugges by night" (Psalm 91:5) The Denial Bible, 1792 The name Philip is substituted for Peter as the apostle who would deny Jesus. (Luke 22:34) The Discharge Bible, 1806 "I discharge theee... that thou observe these things", instead of "I charge thee" The Ears to Ear Bible, 1810 "Who hath ears to ear, let him hear" (Matt 13:43) The Fool Bible (Unknown) "the fool hath said in his heart there is a God" [instead of no God]. The printers wher fined 3,000 pounds and all copies were supressed. (Psalm 14:1) The Judas Bible, 1611 reads "Judas" instead of "Jesus".( Matthew 26:36) The Idle Shepherd Bible, 1809 "idol shepherd" printed as "the idle shephard" (Zechariah 11:17) The Large Family Bible, 1820 �Shall I bring to birth and not cease to bring forth?" for �for cause to bring forth�( Isaiah 66:9) The Lions Bible, 1804 "The murderer shall surely be put together" instead of "to death" (Num. 25:18) And"�but thy son that shall come forth out of thy lions�" instead of "out of thy loins"(Kings 8:19) The More Sea Bible, 1641 "the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was more sea." Instead of "�there was no more sea." The Murderers Bible, 1801"These are murderers, complainers...", instead of "murmurers" (Jude 16) The Placemakers Bible, 1562� Blessed are the placemakers" instead of peacemakers (Matt 5:9) The Printers' Bible, 1702"Printers have persecuted me without a cause", instead of "princes" (Psalm 119:161) The Rebekah's Camels Bible, 1823"Rebekah arose, and her camels", instead of "her damsels" (Genesis 24:61) The Sin On Bible, 1716"Go and sin on more" instead of "sin no more." (John 5:14) The Standing Fishes Bible 1806"And it shall come to pass that the fishes shall stand on it" instead of "fishers" (Ezekiel 47:10) The Sting Bible, 1746 "straightway his ears were opened, and the sting of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain." Instead of �and the string of his tongue was loosed �(Mark 7:35) The To Remain Bible 1805 "he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the spirit to remain, even so it is now" (Galations 4:29) (A proofreader queried a comma after �the spirit� and the editor pencilled in "to remain") The Treacle Bible, Bishops Bible "Is there no tryacle in Gilead?" instead of "Is there no balm in Gilead?" (Jeremiah 8:22) The Unrighteous Bible, 1653 "the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of god" instead of "the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god" (1 Corinth 6:9) and "Neither yield ye your members as instruments of righteousness unto sin", instead of "unrighteousness" (Romans 6:13) The Vinegar Bible 1717The heading in Luke 20 reads "Parable of the Vinegar" instead of "Vineyard" The Wicked Bible, Adulterous Bible, 1632 the word "not" was omitted from the seventh commandment. (Ex. 20:14) The Wife-hater Bible, 1810 "If any man come to me, and hates not his father... and his own wife also", instead of "his own life". (Luke 14:26) |
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