Dean Burgon Society
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The Dean Burgon Society is an organization that promotes and defends the King James Bible and the underlying Hebrew and Greek
manuscripts. It should not be confused with the academic Burgon Society
. They are separate organizations.
The Dean Burgon Society is an organization which promotes the so called King James Only
position through publications and seminar, although D.A. Waite, the current head of the society, has claimed that "King James Only" is a slanderous term. They make extensive amounts of information available online, as well as selling printed material.
The society is named after Dean Burgon, who made a strong stand in support for the so-called traditional text. He was also major critic of Westcott and Hort, and the Revised Version of the Bible. Although in his writings we can find many of critical notes about Textus Receptus
, e.g. "Traditional Text not identical with the Received Text". Burgon rejected Textus Receptus in Acts 8:37, the Comma Johanneum
, the last six verses of Apocalypse, he suggested 150 corrections in the Textus Receptus Gospel of Matthew alone. Burgon in his Revision Revised several times declares that the Textus Receptus needs correction. According to Daniel Wallace, Burgon's views would disqualify him from membership in the society named after him, since that society staunchly defends the Textus Receptus. D. A. Waite has responded to these claims
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
manuscripts. It should not be confused with the academic Burgon Society
Burgon Society
The Burgon Society was founded in 2000 for the study and promotion of academical dress, to preserve its history, and to advise film and television companies and interested others in its correct usage. The President of the society is James P.S. Thomson, MS , DM , FRCS, FBS, Master of London...
. They are separate organizations.
The Dean Burgon Society is an organization which promotes the so called King James Only
King-James-Only Movement
The "King James Only movement" advocates the superiority of the Authorized King James Version of the Protestant Bible. The topic increased in newsworthiness in 2011, the 400th anniversary of the translation's 1611 initial publication....
position through publications and seminar, although D.A. Waite, the current head of the society, has claimed that "King James Only" is a slanderous term. They make extensive amounts of information available online, as well as selling printed material.
The society is named after Dean Burgon, who made a strong stand in support for the so-called traditional text. He was also major critic of Westcott and Hort, and the Revised Version of the Bible. Although in his writings we can find many of critical notes about Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus
Textus Receptus is the name subsequently given to the succession of printed Greek texts of the New Testament which constituted the translation base for the original German Luther Bible, the translation of the New Testament into English by William Tyndale, the King James Version, and for most other...
, e.g. "Traditional Text not identical with the Received Text". Burgon rejected Textus Receptus in Acts 8:37, the Comma Johanneum
Comma Johanneum
The Comma Johanneum is a comma in the First Epistle of John according to the Latin Vulgate text as transmitted since the Early Middle Ages, based on Vetus Latina minority readings dating to the 7th century...
, the last six verses of Apocalypse, he suggested 150 corrections in the Textus Receptus Gospel of Matthew alone. Burgon in his Revision Revised several times declares that the Textus Receptus needs correction. According to Daniel Wallace, Burgon's views would disqualify him from membership in the society named after him, since that society staunchly defends the Textus Receptus. D. A. Waite has responded to these claims
External links
- Dean Burgon society.
- Codex Sinaiticus example of alternative Textual Criticism
- King James Bible Society.