Bible Question (short): Were the apocrypha part of original KJV? |
Question (full): A Muslim friend asked me, "did the original King James translation include the apocrypha?" His question was posed in the context of a one on one discussion of why Christians trust translations of the Bible, and trust copies of the Biblical language manuscripts. I don't know the purpose of his question. It may be a small curiosity on his part. Muslims believe their book in Arabic is "unaltered" and are puzzled by Christian practice of translating into every language. At least I'll have another factiod to give him to continue friendly discussion, hopefully move to evangelizing him. |