King James Bible Articles

QUESTION: AREN'T TODAY'S SCHOLARS BETTER EQUIPPED TO TRANSLATE THE BIBLE THAN THE KING JAMES TRANSLATORS WERE?

ANSWER:  No.

EXPLANATION:  The answer to the question is "No" for two reasons.

First is that, the scholarship of the men who translated the King
James Bible is literally unsurpassable by today's scholars.  Two books
available best illustrate this and should be read by anyone who wants
to seriously study the subject.  They are Translators Revived, by
Alexander McClure (Maranatha Publications), and The Men Behind the
King James Version, by Gustavus Paine (Baker Book House).

The men of the King James translation committee were scholars of
unparalleled ability.  A brief description of their several abilities
was given under a previous question.

Secondly, it would be foolish and contradictory to believe that
today's scholars ever could equal or surpass those of the Authorized
Version.

Most Christians agree that the world, with time, degenerates.  Morals
have degenerated since 1611.  Character has degenerated since 1611.
Even our atmosphere has degenerated.  Are we then to believe that
education has gotten better?  Only a worshipper of education could
pretend to believe such a fairy tale.  Education has degenerated along
with the entire world system and could never produce a scholar equal
to those of nearly four hundred years ago.