Data Over Dogma Is the KJV Crap?
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Apr 27, 2026 They challenge the King James Version's authority and trace its roots to earlier translations. Textual scholarship, manuscript finds, and translation choices are examined. Translation quirks spawn myths like biblical unicorns and conflated terms for the afterlife. Linguistic details in Greek reveal when 'god' might mean 'divine,' and how that reshapes readings of John and early theological debates.
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Prefer Modern Textual Criticism Over Textus Receptus
- Use modern textual criticism and wider manuscript evidence rather than relying solely on the Textus Receptus when assessing original New Testament readings.
- McClellan urges reliance on more manuscripts, Dead Sea Scrolls, and advanced scholarship to correct earlier translation artifacts.
How The Comma Johanneum Entered The KJV
- The Johannine Comma in 1 John 5:7 is absent from early Greek manuscripts and enters the KJV via the Textus Receptus' third edition.
- Dan McClellan explains Erasmus included the clause only after a late, likely back-translated Greek manuscript surfaced, cementing it in the KJV.
Erasmus Back-Translation Affected Revelation
- Erasmus' Textus Receptus included Revelation's ending after he back-translated Latin material because his Greek manuscripts lacked the final chapter.
- This caused readings like 'book of life' to appear where earlier Greek reads 'tree of life', affecting the KJV.