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Store RepLBSAalex on 28/07/2017 - 12:07 bibleshop.org.au (3843 clicks)
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Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster.

I work for Bible Society Australia and I wanted to let you know about our EOFYS which we've extended until the end of July. We've taken 55-85% off RRP for some tracts and Bibles. There are some pretty cool products included like some GNB hardbacks, NIV study Bibles and women's devotionals:

2011 NIV Women's Devotional Bible - $5.25 (was $34.99)
GNB Hardcover Compact Bible - $1.65 (was $10.99)
HCSB Gift & Award Bible, Imitation Leather - $2.75 (was $10.99)
NIV Study Bible - $51.75 (was $114.99)

All prices are final and stocks are limited. We have a variable shipping rate based on the size of your order - for most addresses in Australia, a small order will only be about $7.50 but please do check before you purchase so there aren't any surprises.

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        • slipperypete on 29/07/2017 - 09:36
          +2

          @supabrudda:

          That made my morning. It seems there isn't anything in life I cannot relate back to South Park and I was just using Life of Brian in an essay as an example of misinformation and confirmation bias. Used the Witch scene from Holy Grail too!

      • shandawgg on 28/07/2017 - 16:09

        unity doesnt mean uniformity

    • chickentaste on 28/07/2017 - 13:10
      +1

      You're a Christian? So forgive me..

      • bobbified on 28/07/2017 - 13:36
        -3

        Confession box time - you bring the lube.

    • WhiteEvo6 on 28/07/2017 - 13:19
      +1

      Don't feel bad some of us feel all religions are the poison that makes the world like it is and would like all religions outlawed.

      • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 00:18

        I used to say this - and I repeated it without thinking, because I was ignorant. Reality is, there ARE religions. So for those not out just to hate for the sake of it, the question is, which would you rather have as the predominant one. The one that gave us the right to make our choice, gave us the right not to accept it, even mock it (Christianity)? Or certain others that remove your head if you don't? In other words, the people that want Christianity to 'die out'… are obviously not chess players. (They haven't thought more than one step ahead, what that means - what will fill the void to replace it.)

    • teasatotalling on 29/07/2017 - 08:41
      +3

      They've done plenty of child rape. So they deserve it.

  • mgh4me on 28/07/2017 - 12:56
    +10

    Thanks rep. Please keep posting I am interested in your material. Truth is hard to find these days.

    • teasatotalling on 29/07/2017 - 09:51
      +5

      A degree in science helps, so long as you're mentally up for it.

  • laes on 28/07/2017 - 12:58
    +6

    KJV only thanks. Accept no imitation.

    • abb on 28/07/2017 - 14:50
      +7

      Pfft, Aramaic or nothing. Filthy casual!

      • Store RepBSAalex @ bibleshop.org.au on 28/07/2017 - 17:18
        +9

        This guy doesn't even have an original copy of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Sad!

        • Twodogs on 28/07/2017 - 18:12

          lol , he probably doesn't even have those 3 tablets with the 15 commandments on… all with a certificate of authenticity and only available for a very limited time to those lucky few ….. Doh some guy called moses bought the last 2.

    • ninetyNineCents on 28/07/2017 - 19:45
      +1

      KJV is itself not an original. Nobody has the original, we only have copies of copies of copies.

      • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 00:24
        -1

        When modern 'copies' are found to align with the Dead Sea Scrolls found hundreds of years later - while further copies were constantly being made that entire time… (Something not found with any other such text.) It's pretty obvious they while they may be copies, they are ACCURATE copies. Unlike another so-called 'perfect' text I could mention, whose followers claim is perfect, yet has about 30 different translations that are easily obtainable, all with contradictory text (often giving a 180 degree reverse meaning to each other).

        All Bible translations are taken from one of two main texts. One accurate (KJV for e.g.), one corrupt (NIV for e.g.).

        • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 02:04

          I'm not sure where you got your info, but according to my info:

          • NIV, GNB, NEB, JB - translations directly from earliest Hebrew OT and Greek NT texts.
          • KJV (1611, Authorised Bible) - from The Great Bible (1539, authorised by Henry VIII), which is from both the Tyndale (1526) and Erasmus (1516). Erasmus came from the original Greek scrolls, but Tyndale came from Wycliffe (1384), and Wycliffe came from The Vulgate by Jerome (400), which ultimately came from Greek & Hebrew texts.

          This would tend to make NIV, etc more likely to be accurate - and they are certainly more readable! The KJV has of course been updated into English Revised (1885) and then Revised Standard (1952) editions, which help with readability but extend the "translation stack" to 7…

        • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 02:16
          +1

          @papachris: Well, it IS an early text simply due to it's age. But it's considered (and proven to be) a corrupt text. I think the text Bibles like the NIV are based on, is from something like 5% of manuscripts, and the Textus Receptus (KJV for e.g.) come from 95% which agree with each other. The former has some pretty awful implications too. It changes meanings, completely obliterates text in some cases, and basically equates satan with Jesus Christ, just to name a few.

          Do a search if you're interested, as I don't want to fill the thread up. I can't mention some of the blatant errors here anyway, as I know I'd give heart palpitations to delicate petals and get banned, LOL. ;-)

          Start here perhaps: http://www.1611kingjamesbible.com/textus_receptus.html/

        • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 02:23

          @GregMonarch: All translators/re-writers certainly had/have a very delicate balance to maintain, considering the NT warnings to those who would change anything and lead people astray… :)

        • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 02:31

          @papachris: Yeah, it's more than just 'mistakes' though. The 5% has deliberate changes that fit the 'translators' personal bias. I've seen websites that go through the background of the people on the NIV team, and two guys named… um… Westcott & Hort I think… The personal agendas people injected into the 5% version are disgusting.

          On the other hand, the history behind the KJV is pretty amazing. I forget specifics now, but he basically ordered scholars to use the Textus Receptus (which hundreds of years later the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed accurate), and had them focus on one section, then they had to swap sections between their peers and confirm it was accurate. Don't quote me, but I think they were punished if they found errors in someone else's section. Been years now since I looked at it.

        • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 02:35

          @papachris: Oh - and I read an article somewhere years ago, but I never got to fact-check if it was accurate or not… it claimed the translators of one bible that was based on the 5% of manuscripts - lost the ability to speak! I think it was one with "American" in the name… NASB, maybe?

        • barcer on 29/07/2017 - 08:35

          @GregMonarch: The website to which you link lacks verifiable facts and academic rigour.

          Suggest you try reading Kurt Aland & Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, 2nd rev. edn. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0802840981 and then come back and explain how Textus Receptus is still so wonderful. Textus Receptus clearly contains numerous errors. One example that immediately comes to mind is John 7:53-8:11, which fortunately most modern translations footnote that it's unlikely to have been in the original text, even though they still include it due to it's long tradition as a Christian myth.

          Rather than critical Greek NTs such as Nestle-Aland obliterating text, I'd argue the opposite is correct-the TR includes text that was likely never in the original manuscripts, and critical texts either footnote it as unlikely to have been there or exclude it altogether.

          Also, textual criticism involves far more than merely the age of the manuscript (although that is an important factor, it is not taken as final, just as the number of manuscripts that agree should not be taken as final). Fortunatelty for me I don't have a horse in the race either way as I no longer belong to a conservative dogmatic religion, but I can see things from the outside more clearly for what they are.

          As for your claim that the Dead Sea Scrolls proved Textus Receptus accurate, that's utter rubbish as they did not contain New Testament manuscripts.

        • barcer on 29/07/2017 - 08:51
          +2

          @papachris: I wouldn't say NIV is an accurate translation, regardless of it's source text. Which are? Well, if formal equivalence is your thing, probably the NASB. It's also terribly awkward to read in places as at times the Greek word order is retained, making it more difficult to make sense of in English.

          Otherwise, I'd suggest the NRSV. A lot of misogynist religionists don't like it because it uses a fair bit of gender-neutral language, but I'd say it conveys the original intent of the writers fairly well in most cases.

        • barcer on 29/07/2017 - 08:54
          +1

          @GregMonarch: a fabrication made up by KJV-only conspiracy theorists, with no evidence. It's quite possible that some translators have lost their voices; after all some were quite old and had spent a fair bit of their lives speaking as theology lecturers and the like (my own father, in his advanced age, has difficulty speaking now), but to suggest that is somehow linked with being involved in what are clearly improved biblical translations is preposterous.

        • ninetyNineCents on 29/07/2017 - 08:58
          +2

          @Greg

          When modern 'copies' are found to align with the Dead Sea Scrolls found hundreds of years later - while further copies were constantly being made that entire time…

          Except when they dont. Take the story of the Woman in adultery.. that never happened and was added to the bible 400 + years later.

          If you dont believe me, go read the oldest bible on earth, codexsinaticus.org, goto JOHN 7-8. They have the english and greek together with hi res pictures of the original scroll, and guess what the Woman in adultery isnt there.

          Same goes for the LONG ending of Mark, which was also added hundreds of years later. Just think according to original Mark, there is no resurrection, Jesus just dies and thats it.

          I would call add a resurrection story to Mark a MAJOR addition if there ever was one.

        • ninetyNineCents on 29/07/2017 - 08:59

          @GregMonarch:

          (which hundreds of years later the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls confirmed accurate)

          You forget to mention the dead sea scrolls mention two teachers of righteousness, AND they never mention our bible jesus once even though they lived at the same time and just a few kilometers away.

          How exactly did the Essenes not hear or right about Jesus ?

        • greatlamp on 29/07/2017 - 09:03

          @barcer: which Bible version would you recommend as being the most authentic to the original message?

        • barcer on 29/07/2017 - 10:33

          @Superannuation: my personal recommendation is the NRSV, but it's just personal. If you want more information to decide yourself, read the answers at https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/4/which-mod… ; most of the top ones contain good information.

        • ninetyNineCents on 29/07/2017 - 14:35

          @Superannuation:

          which Bible version would you recommend as being the most authentic to the original message?

          There is no original message, how can you possibly judge or guess what the original was when we dont have it ?

        • Kikiriki on 29/07/2017 - 15:55

          @Superannuation: NASB. They have gone through a lot of effort to base it on the best manuscripts available.

        • Kikiriki on 29/07/2017 - 15:58

          @ninetyNineCents: Through textual analysis of the manuscripts found so far scholars can piece together what the original would have been with a very high degree of certainty.

        • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 21:49

          @barcer:

          I'd suggest the NRSV

          Well, of course the NRSV comes from the RSV, making it's translation stack 8.

          My own printed bible for reading is GNB colour reference edition (a confirmation gift from my parents). I find it easy to read and it gives notes re alternative source versions in the margins. I also use software (e-Sword - freeware) which allows multiple versions and translations to be viewed side-by-side.

          I think the important thing for any Christian to realise is that whichever version you read, it is how YOU interpret it and implement it in your lives that truly matters…

        • barcer on 30/07/2017 - 17:56
          +1

          @papachris: I wouldn't exactly say the NRSV "comes from" the RSV although it is similar in many ways. The NRSV includes the Dead Sea Scrolls among its sources, which weren't available when the RSV was being translated. I also prefer the gender-inclusive language used by the NRSV. Bruce M. Metzger was on the translation committee of the NRSV which I think give it further credibility.

        • GregMonarch on 30/07/2017 - 19:21

          @barcer: As I said, it was just a place to start if he was interested. But I'd also be fact-checking those supposed fact-checkers and their own personal biases. Because it IS the most accurate text, and the other minority text (which I can't even remember the name of) certainly is not, with deletions, deliberate 180 degree changes of meanings, etc. Btw… I wasn't providing an encylopedia of answers to cover every detail, so there's no need to get so snarky. ;-) And as you would know, there's other sources to confirm NT accuracy which was written more recently. I was simply pointing out the fact there was this huge of time, which people point to, to discredit translation accuracy… Then they found the scrolls which showed during all that time virtually nothing changed.

        • GregMonarch on 30/07/2017 - 19:24

          @barcer: Sigh, whatever. I'll read the one that I know is closest to the original, unless I get another lifetime to learn to read Greek and Hebrew.

        • GregMonarch on 30/07/2017 - 19:25

          @barcer: "Clearly improved", LOL. Satan = Jesus!? Ok, whatever.

        • GregMonarch on 30/07/2017 - 19:31

          @ninetyNineCents: My last post on this. All the criticism being brought up here, texts added, theologians said so… LOL. But go another step, read another site, another book, another expert, and all those can be overturned again. e.g. The one about a chunk of Mark not belonging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aye8q9tIrws - When one person writes a book (or even a page) that does that, and then gives it to someone else years later that's never met the first author who achieves the same result with their own addition… THEN I might listen to these other 'experts'.

        • ninetyNineCents on 30/07/2017 - 21:07
          -1

          @Kikiriki:

          Through textual analysis of the manuscripts found so far scholars can piece together what the original would have been with a very high degree of certainty.

          WRONG, nobody can ever know the original, they can guess and they can check many copies, but there is no way they can know the original.

          It is impossible to know the original. The only way anyone can know they have the original is by comparing the copy to the actual original.

        • ninetyNineCents on 30/07/2017 - 21:11

          @GregMonarch:

          Sigh, whatever. I'll read the one that I know is closest to the original, unless I get another lifetime to learn to read Greek and Hebrew

          Knowing Greek or Hebrew wont help you know what the original said, because we dont have the original.

          You cant learn or read about something when that copy is gone and lost for all time. Nobody even knows when or where any of the gospels were written.

          For example. i wrote another kids poem when i was in school. You cant tell me what it says, because you dont know which school to look at or what year or which teacher or what my name is.

          The same is true of the gospels, and whether you like it or not, that time is gone and lost forever.

          The one about a chunk of Mark not belonging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aye8q9tIrws - When one person writes a book (or even a page) that does that, and then gives it to someone else years later that's never met the first author who achieves the same result with their own addition… THEN I might listen to these other 'experts'.

        • Kikiriki on 30/07/2017 - 21:39
          +1

          @ninetyNineCents:
          The early church had the advantage of eye-witnesses and oral tradition. If a manuscript contained fabricated material it would have been aparent and therefore rejected.
          The story of the woman caught in adultery probably had such a strong oral tradition that it was later inserted into John. This can be seen through textual analysis.

        • ninetyNineCents on 30/07/2017 - 21:44

          @Kikiriki:

          The early church had the advantage of eye-witnesses and oral tradition.

          Oral tradition has never been accurate. Its a well known fact that eye witnesses get lots of things wrong, just go ask your local police or court of law.

          There are dozens of studies easily found on google scholar that have proven this. To claim what your saying is a total lie.

          If a manuscript contained fabricated material it would have been aparent and therefore rejected.

          Thats bullshit.

          Mark 16:8+ the long ending was clearly invented hundreds of years after jesus in the 4th century or later.

          This text appear in MOST bibles today.

          If you dont believe me go look at the oldest complete bible with scans of the original "pages" at codexsinaticus.org

          The story of the woman caught in adultery probably had such a strong oral tradition that it was later inserted into John. This can be seen through textual analysis.

          WRONG.

          Its thru textual analysis that anyone can see the "story" was inserted into john. THe text before and after the insertion are a perfect continuation, you can read it foryourself and see that it is.

          If oral tradition is so accurate, how did it take 400+ years for the story of the woman in adultery to get inserted back into john in the wrong place ?

          Why lie and tell bullshit ?

  • djmm on 28/07/2017 - 12:58
    +4

    Do you sell LG OLED by any chance?

    djmm on 28/07/2017 - 12:58 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • WhyAmICommenting on 28/07/2017 - 18:44

      You expect someone to turn books into a TV? Isn't water into wine hard enough for you?

      • djmm on 29/07/2017 - 00:00

        This is 2017 I expect Kogan LCD turned to LG W OLED.

  • krunchymoses on 28/07/2017 - 13:01
    +11

    Any cases of Coopers involved in this sale? :-P

    • punkindrublic on 28/07/2017 - 13:31
      +3

      I'm game for a light-hearted conversation if you are ;)

      • krunchymoses on 28/07/2017 - 14:31
        +1

        Quick! Call some Liberal party senators! We are onto a good thing.

        This will really build the brand.

        • punkindrublic on 28/07/2017 - 14:41
          +3

          "Ozbargain presents a business-killing chat about a divisive political issue…"

  • bomb3rman on 28/07/2017 - 13:05
    +7

    Quiet time sorted

    • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 15:46
      +1

      Yup, the Incest parts are the best. The collecting of foreskins from dead people is a close 2nd. Amen.

      • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 02:08
        +1

        You got your hobbies, I got mine…

  • littlegreenman on 28/07/2017 - 13:05
    +2

    Do I get Cash Rewards for this deal?

    • djkelly69 on 28/07/2017 - 13:26
      +61

      Only Eternal Rewards

      • hedonistic on 28/07/2017 - 16:26
        +5

        you win this thread

  • pat_mac on 28/07/2017 - 13:07
    +7

    I usually try and steer clear of the fiction shelves in bookshops. Anything for me here?

    • laes on 28/07/2017 - 13:26
      -5

      Not really sure how that's relevant to this except for you just wanting to express your hate for God.

      • Hayesy22 on 28/07/2017 - 13:32
        +16

        Pat_mac would have to believe in God first to hate him

        • pat_mac on 28/07/2017 - 14:53

          And I though they were all about forgiveness, but there's a lot of negs there - a lot of hate for someone accused of hate.

        • skeptik on 29/07/2017 - 00:45

          @pat_mac:
          Perhaps not hate but disagreement with your initial offering. I myself did not neg as you were simply asking advice :)

          Though do forgive me, but I did neg this last comment for being ill-informed and ironically bordering on fiction ;)

        • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 02:14
          +1

          @skeptik: +1 for you sir.

          The irony is complete given the only negative balance (at the time of typing) was for laes reply…

    • papachris on 29/07/2017 - 02:26

      May I suggest St Mark's gospel. It's relatively short, to the point and gives a reasonable introduction. Don't start with John's or Revelation though…

  • Lukian on 28/07/2017 - 13:10
    +6

    With this many comments you'd expect someone to have picked up on the posting guideline error:

    • Example bargain(s) in title and body please.
    • Store RepBSAalex @ bibleshop.org.au on 28/07/2017 - 13:34
      +3

      Oops, I'll get right on that. Thanks for picking that up.

  • Hank Scorpion on 28/07/2017 - 13:17
    +13

    Any Methusela rookie cards?

    • Store RepBSAalex @ bibleshop.org.au on 28/07/2017 - 13:40
      +15

      Unfortunately not, Hank. No Joseph of Arimathea either. Old mate had 26 conversions in AD 46!

  • Johnnyrunabout on 28/07/2017 - 13:31
    +1

    This is something I do not need as I always take the complementary Bible from hotel rooms.

    • edwardcr on 28/07/2017 - 18:22

      And I hope God doesn't smite you!

      He obviously hasn't yet, as you're still posting here :)

    • WhyAmICommenting on 28/07/2017 - 18:46

      What do you do with them? Smuggle into China?

      • nephilim on 28/07/2017 - 20:30
        +3

        Ironically the webpage advertises they use profits to send bibles to China. There is a pic of a young Chinese girl with a Christian book on one of the Ads, saved from 2000 years of culture and Taoism

      • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 00:30
        +2

        LOL. Returns them with Aliexpress purchases that arrive damaged, probably.

        • Johnnyrunabout on 01/08/2017 - 09:23

          Great idea I have a few boxes full (over 100) this would quickly reduce this number and it helps spread the word.
          Have I just found my calling?

        • GregMonarch on 02/08/2017 - 03:12

          @Johnnyrunabout: Or you might get them jailed/executed. Unless depopulation is the calling you're referring to?

  • Berek on 28/07/2017 - 13:32
    +1

    Is this the latest version? Apparently the Cannanites weren't all murdered by God fearing Christians…

    • Kikiriki on 28/07/2017 - 14:11
      +1

      Actually the Bible records that the Israelites didn't kill all the Canaanites.

      • Bernbaum on 28/07/2017 - 15:40
        +7

        Never got this Age of Empires II expansion.

        • Kikiriki on 28/07/2017 - 17:11

          I've found Is God a Moral Monster by Paul Copan helpful regarding the context and action against the Canaanites.

      • mrwoo on 28/07/2017 - 17:05

        Neither did the Christians, to be honest.

    • aboabo on 28/07/2017 - 15:41

      Neither were the Kenites.

  • pifts on 28/07/2017 - 13:50
    +6

    Some I am buying:

    ESV Global Study Bible $4.49 (was $29.99) (Leather Version - $12.50)

    NIV Student Compact Bible $8.40 (was $41.99)

    HCSB Gift & Award Bible $2.75 (was $10.99)

    2011 NIV Women’s Devotional Deluxe $7.50 (was $49.99)

  • IridiumFlare on 28/07/2017 - 13:58
    +15

    Not the slightest bit interested in any form of religion at all but a +1 because those savings are pretty decent and truly worthy of an Ozbargain post!

    • Store RepBSAalex @ bibleshop.org.au on 28/07/2017 - 14:43
      +7

      Cheers, really glad to receive such a warm welcome from you fellas and ladies.

      • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 18:52
        +1

        Welcome to ozbargain. One big happy family.

        Step out of line though…

      • GregMonarch on 29/07/2017 - 00:32
        +1

        You must not have received the memo. There's something like 437 genders now.

    • Dogsbreakfast on 28/07/2017 - 19:51
      +2

      This is true. Whilst i may make a joke - i respect your commitment to the faith mate 👍

  • Kanu on 28/07/2017 - 14:08
    +6

    hard to resist the surfers bible.. Moses parted the red sea…now you can surf it!

    https://www.bibleshop.org.au/85off/nlt-surfers-bible

    • aboabo on 28/07/2017 - 15:47
      +2

      Moses didn't part it. See Exo 14:21 

      • Kanu on 28/07/2017 - 19:52
        +1

        good call!

      • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 21:21

        George Pell?

    • pifts on 28/07/2017 - 16:26
      +1

      Interwstingly, I remember learning from a reputable source it wasn't Moses… but can't remember where.

      Edit: ah yes the sea was in fact parted by a Beyblade.

      • LinkMonkey on 29/07/2017 - 22:35

        thank you .. you made my night

  • orangeblossom on 28/07/2017 - 14:08
    +3

    Great deal! Thank you for posting

  • Kooratz on 28/07/2017 - 14:10
    +1

    amen…

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 14:18
    +3

    EOFY? I'm waiting for the Start of Damnation brimstone firesale bargains.

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 14:20
    +3

    Cardinal George Pell's Crazy Courtroom Sale!!! He needs lawyers, lots of them, and expensive ones. So buy up..

    [Deactivated] on 28/07/2017 - 14:20 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
    • aboabo on 28/07/2017 - 15:48
      +2

      I doubt he's even read it.

  • Twolate on 28/07/2017 - 14:20
    +1

    THANK YOUUUUU

  • Plyna on 28/07/2017 - 14:20
    +5

    Fiction, no?

  • bion83 on 28/07/2017 - 14:23
    +8

    Can't find Flat Earth Map

    • Sammyboy on 28/07/2017 - 14:38
      +2

      no luck with the the map of Middle-Earth either

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