Chapter 2 - The Scriptural Basis of Christianity
Chapter 2 - The Scriptural Basis of Christianity You may view chapter 1 here John is sitting in the full lecture room a few minutes before the lecture is supposed to start. He sits looking down at the Bible in his hands (opened to the Old Testament) but is listening intently to a conversation from the row behind him. "Yes, I agree that this Septuagint theory is very interesting, but I looked up more information on the Septuagint last night, and its origin sounds rather nonsensical. Apparently 72 scribes got together, each made their own separate translation in separate cells, and after translating alone for 72 days, all the separate translations were exactly the same.” “That sounds very weird." "Yeah, I know! Kind of makes me think that the Septuagint isn't very reliable." "But remember, the Apostles apparently used it." "Oh yes, I forgot that…b