Bible

The Holy Bible, opened to the Book of Isaiah.

Bible

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hurches of Kerala) and even to China itself. And so, the Peshitta, written in the Middle East, for a while became the Scriptures of the Far East Churches of Jesus Christ, particularly in India.

See lish history, with England growing to a world power since the book's publication. When asked by a visiting dignitary what made England great, Queen Victoria pulled out her copy of the Bible and declared "This is the secret of England's greatness."

Problems with the King James Version

For a more detailed treatment, see Badger skins (Bible).

Beginning in the 17th century, the same century in which it was published, Protestant scholars, orientalists, hebraists and linguists began pointing out defects in the Authorized King James Version. One of these was the translation of 'orot tachashim as "badgers' skins", because it so plainly violates the biblical context of Leviticus chapter 11:4-8, 24-29, 42-45, and Leviticus chapter 5. "Badgers' skins" is the King James Version (AV) translation of the Hebrew word תחשׁ taḥash, and of the Hebrew term (singular) עור תחשׁ uwr taḥash / 'or t zu den Scriften des Neuen Testaments und der frühchristlichen Litteratur. Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, editors; 6th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany (1988). Heading βιβλίον, columns 281-82.