De Bijbel vieren

Het Koning James Bijbel Genootschap is gevestigd om de 400ste verjaardag van de Koning James Bijbel te vieren die in 1611 werd vervolledigd.

Eén van de vele gebeurtenissen en projecten die in dit jubileum jaar zullen plaatsgrijpen over het verenigd Koninkrijk en rond de Wereld is de tentoonstelling welke een beeld schets van deze merkwaardige vertaling welke een hele wereld veranderde.

Deze tentoonstelling gaat de geschiedenis en ontwikkeling na van de Bijbel in het Engels van zijn Latijnse, Griekse en Hebreeuwse voorlopers naar moderne privépersuitgaven. Naast de 1611 KJV, kan men bij de meer dan dertig onderdelen op de tentoonstelling een dertiende-eeuwse Latijnse Vulgate en een blad van de Gutenberg Bijbel vinden. Verder een vijftiende-eeuwse Wycliffe Gospel Boek en een blad van een Wycliffite Lectionarium, de 1550 Textus Receptus gedrukt door Robert Estienne, zestiende-eeuw Engelse uitgaven die met de 1538 tweetalige Nieuwe Testament de Engelse versie van Tyndale en de Latijnse versie van Erasmus bevat.

Until Sunday, 20 February 2011

Time: Daily, M-F 9.30 to 8.00; Sat & Sun 11.00 to 4.00

Location: 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Organisation: Dunedin Public Libraries

Topic: Bible

Website: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/

To download a PDF catalogue, please visit: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/heritage/reed-gallery/let-there-be-light. To request a printed copy of the catalogue, please contact Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books Librarian (atedesch@dcc.govt.nz).

Celebrating the Bible in English

'Let There Be Light': Celebrating the Bible in English

An exhibition tracing the history and development of the Bible in English from its Latin, Greek and Hebrew antecedents to modern private press editions.
In addition to the 1611 KJV, the more than thirty items on exhibit include: a thirteenth-century Latin Vulgate and one leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, a fifteenth-century Wycliffe Gospel Book and one leaf from a Wycliffite Lectionary, the 1550 Textus Receptus printed by Robert Estienne, sixteenth-century printed English editions starting with the 1538 diglot New Testament containing the English version by Tyndale and the Latin of Erasmus, and finely printed editions by John Baskerville and the Golden Cockerel Press.

Until Sunday, 20 February 2011

Time: Daily, M-F 9.30 to 8.00; Sat & Sun 11.00 to 4.00

Location: 230 Moray Place, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Organisation: Dunedin Public Libraries

Topic: Bible

Website: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/

To download a PDF catalogue, please visit: http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/heritage/reed-gallery/let-there-be-light. To request a printed copy of the catalogue, please contact Anthony Tedeschi, Rare Books Librarian (atedesch@dcc.govt.nz).

Love envieth not

Songs in the Night
Love envieth not. I Corinthians 13:4
HAVE I the love that "envieth not," the love that is generous, so that I can see others prosper and rejoice in their prosperity, even if, for a time, my own affairs be not so prosperous? This is true generosity, the very reverse of jealousy and envy, which spring from a perverted nature. The root of envy is selfishness; envy will not grow upon the root of love. Love rejoices with them that rejoice, in prosperity of every good word and work, and in the advancement in Christian grace and in the divine service of all who are actuated by the divine Spirit. Z'11-422 R4918:2 (Hymn 112)

Exceeding Great and Precious Promise

Exceeding Great and Precious Promise
"For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 6:32,33
Let us seek the Kingdom as the preeminent matter of our lives. . . . If seeking the Kingdom seems to hinder some of our earthy prospects, so much the better. The Master said it must cost us our all. R5048:c2,p5 If the Kingdom was made first, all their earthly needs would be supplied. R5917:c2,p4

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Religieus apsect overslaand in Amerika

Slechts 47% van de Amerikanen van plan om religieuze diensten op kerstavond of eerste kerstdag bij te wonen, volgens een recente enquête.
28% is van plan het verhaal van de geboorte van Jezus te lezen of te vertellen uit de Bijbel, terwijl 34% zegt dat ze zal kijken naar "bijbelse kerst films"

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