NIV Bible Study

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I got this as a gift, and noticed it only has 66 books. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a protestant version missing books, right?

If so, what Catholic teachings are missing in these missing books?
 
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I got this as a gift, and noticed it only has 66 books. If I’m not mistaken, it’s a protestant version missing books, right?

If so, what Catholic teachings are missing in these missing books?
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The NIV is missing the deuterocanon. That includes the books of Tobit, Judith, 1&2nd Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch. Some verses strongly suggesting the existance of purgatory and praying for the souls of the dead are found in 1st Maccabees. 1st and 2nd Maccabees also provide some history of Israel which occurs very soon before the coming of Christ that is not in the other historical books.
 
I think it is important to mention that these books were included in Jewish Sacred writings at the time of Christ. If Jesus had wanted them removed he would have done so, but he said he came to fulfill the scriptures not to change them.

While studying Martin Luther in a philosophy/religion class in college, I was surprised to learn that Martin Luther was torn whether the Book of Revelations should be included in the Bible because it did not fit his idea of “saved by faith alone”
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 For another bit of triva, notice that Protestant Scripture changers decided Joseph needed a "coat of many colors" instead of the origional translation which describes "a long robe with sleeves" Genesis 37:3 NRSV. I guess they thought their contemporaries would understand that it was a special coat since colorful clothing was expensive in their day.  The list goes on, but you get the picture.  Much liberty was taken in translating and compiling the King James Version.
For more fun, check out how Luke 2 :14 was changed to fit their theological ideas. We should base our theology on the Word of God, not change the Word of God to fit our theology.

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Interestingly, your copy may, as mine does, contain a brief section on The Time Between The Testaments. In it there is brief section on the Apocrypha and its exclusion. If you have the time, read it next to a Catholic defense of the inclusion of those books. The arguments of the former don’t hold water. My two favorites are: “There is no clear evidence that Jesus or the Apostles quoted any Apocryphal works as Scripture” which is entirely untrue and were it used as the standard would cause us to throw away any number of OT Books, and “the Jewish community which produced them repudiated them.” Well, we Christians wouldn’t want to go accepting things (or individuals) produced by the Jewish community but later repudiated by them, would we?

As for teachings in the Apocrypha, the NIV says they can either be found in “canonical” Scipture or run counter to it (or rather their interpretation of it). Among such teachings are Prayers for the Dead and Purgatory (2 Maccabees 44-46) and Intercessory Prayer (Tobit 12:12). As far as I understand, there are numerous others, particularly in Sirach and Wisdom, that bolster Catholic teaching.
 
Actually my version does have the time between Testaments and I will read it, but that’s it. Check out the attachement, does a really good job of exposing the NIV bible.

I feel that the changes made in that bible represent a corruption of the Word of God given it decieves the reader of the true meaning of the text sometimes, plus it’s missing books.
 
The previous note with its attachment go into a lot of technical detail and I have not digested it all.

The NIV is not a literal translation, but, like our Catholic New American Bible, is a paraphrase of the scripture. That’s good news and bad news.

the good news (no pun intended) is that it makes the scripture very easy to read. the bad news is that it departs somewhat from the original wording – which we would find difficult to comprehend at times.

As was stated by others previously, it’s nice to read but keep your Catholic wits about you.
 
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