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THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Religion in America 12 A odern Translations Valuable For Understanding of Bible By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent The King James version of the Bible, which was trans lated in lfill A.D., has never been rivalled for poetic beau ty and majesty of expression. From a purely literary view point, it towers over all mod ern translations as Shake speare does over a TV script. But more than 1,000 Eng lish words and phrase used in the Bible have undergone significant changes of mean ing since the King James was published 352 years ago. Thai's why many people feel that a good modern trans lation is essential for anyone who plans to read the Bible seriously. Which modern translation you choose is a matter of taste. The chief contenders for pub lic and scholarly favor are the lieviscd Standard Version and the New English Bible. The Revised Standard Ver sion is essentially a re-write and up dating of the old King James, using the same sen tence structures but substitut ing contemporary for archaic English words where neces sary to make the original Biologist Speaks At Chamber Lunch Ashland - Howard Prairie is still the best lake for fishing this year, according to Ed Schwartz, Grants Pass, resi dent biologist with the slate game commission, who spoke before the Ashland Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. Fishing at Hyatt lake has been only fair, he said, al though the size of the fish caught there has been larger than average. Willow Creek lake was good on opening week end but has been slumping off somewhat since, Schwartz said. On the opening week end, many fisherman caught their limits by 10 a.m. Fish lake has been on and off, he added. The opening of atrcam fish ing season last week end did not turn out as well as hoped, Schwartz said. There were some trout in the Applegate river above the Ruch area, but the main Rogue itself was only fair. The Illinois river was good only in spots. Prisoner Provided With Chauffeur Service Ontario, Callf.-IUP-George W. Lund, 45, was charged Wednesday with picking up four unemployment checks to taling $03 while confined to Jail and having the police chief drive him to the unem ployment office to get them. "He said his wife was bringing somo papers there for him Id sign," said Police Chief Herbert W. Swinney. "He didn't say ho was going to get money." meaning plear. It Is available in a vast variety of editions. One of the finest, for serious reading and study purposes, is the new Oxford Annotated Bible (Oxford University Press. $7. Bo), which has help ful footnotes on every page. Still Being Translated Hie Old Testament portion of the new English Bible is still being translated, and won't be available for some years yet. Th New 'I eslument portion has been a best-seller since March, 1061. It is an entirely fresh translation of the original Greek into con temporary, idiomatic English. While it lacks literary grace at many points, it hits the reader right between the eyes as a message addressed to him in his own everyday tongue. Those who have ceased to get any real impact out of over ly - familiar passs-.es of the King James will have the feeling that they are reading the Bible for the first time. Where you begin reading Is at least as important as the choice of a translation. Many people make the mistake of trying to read the Bible straight through from begin ning to end, as If it were an ordinary book or novel. If you do that, you are apt to get "bogged down in the be- gats" when you reach the dull and endless gencaologics of the Old Testament. It Is more accurate to think of the Bible as a whole 11 brary of books, written at various times over a span of 1.500 years. These books dif fer enormously fen literary style, historical value and spir itual depth. Except in a very broad sense, they do not tell a consecutive narrative, so there's no need to "begin at the beginning" and plow straight through. Begin In Middle Instead, you can begin In the middle, with the part of the Bible which to Christians is the most important and ex citing news ever reported upon earth - the story of Jesus Christ. 'The Bible is a book about God; It tells what He did for men, especially In Jesus Christ His son," says Prof. Floyd V. Fllson of McCormlck Technological Seminary. Read the whole Bible by all means, but get to the heart of the biblical message at the start." Prof. Filfon recommends beginning with the New Tes tament book,! of Luke and Acts. They were written by the same author, and although they arc now separated in the Bible, it is clear that they were originally intended to go together, for i!:cy tell a single, connected story. The first part-the Gospel according lo St. Luke - is the story of Christ's life, death and resurrection, written es pecially for a Gentile audi ence by a man who seems to have been a very careful re porter with an eye for vivid detail and a gift for poetic expression. In the Acts of the Apostles, the same writer tells how the Christian church came Into being under the awesome im pact of the resurrection, and traces its spread throughout the Roman Empire, with par ticular attention to the mis sionary voyages of the Apostle Paul, with whom Luke trav elled extensively. Proceed To St. John After reading Luke-Acts, you may want to proceed to the Gospel according to St. John. Here you'll find less concern with events and say ings, more emphasis on mean ing and significance. T'o over simplify, you might say that Luke is the reporter who tells you what Jesus did and said, while John is the theologian who tells who Jesus was and why He came. St. Paul's letters could well come next - especially those addressed to the young churches at Corinth and Rome. After that you can fin ish the other Gospels and Epistles of the New Testament in almost any order that ap peals to you. Eventually, you'll want to read the whole Old Testa ment, for Christianity cannot be truly comprehended with out a thorough acquaintance with the Jewish scriptures which Jesus said he came "not to destroy but to fulfill." But it may be best to ease your way into the Old Testa ment by reading first the book of Psalms - the great est collection of devotional poetry the world has ever known. After the Psalms, try Isai ah, the noblest and most mov ing of the Hebrew books of "prophecy." Then, when you are well acquainted with the sublime heights to which the children of Israel are destined to move in their knowledge of God, you can go back to Genesis and begin tracing the early story of this remark able group who were chosen by God for a special role as llght-bearors to mankind. Chose Good Commentary Whatever sequence you fol low, you will find far more meaning In the Bible if you read it in connection with a good commentary. Before be ginning to read any book of the Bible, find out from the commentary what scholars have discovered about its date and authorship, and the historical circumstances under which it was written. This background information will enable you to understand many otherwise-baffling pas sages. There are dozens of Bible commentaries on the market, One new and relatively inex- pensive one - volume com mentary which has already found wide favor among Bi ble scholars is Harper's Bible Commentary (Harper & Roe, $5 05). 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