Their earlier book All Scripture is Inspired of God and Beneficial also has some relevant material on pages 320-2.įor a list of Watchtower publications used in this article see the Bibliography.

Much of the historical data given under the heading ‘The Watchtower Society and the Bible’, below, has been culled from the Society’s publication Jehovah’s Witnesses Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom pp. This happens in spite of the avowed claim that “Their objective is not to search out texts to support their ideas”. Some of these have been straightforward translations such as the King James Version (KJV), others have been specially chosen and referenced in various Society publications because they support the variant renderings of particular Greek words that the Society uses to prove and promote its faulty theology. … draws conclusions as to the validity of the WBTS’s statement that the NWT is an accurate and reliable translation of the Bible.įrom the date of its founding as a corporation in 1884, then known as Zion’s Watch Tower and Tract Society, the Watchtower Society has used over seventy translations, in English and other languages, of the Bible in its teaching and evangelism. … assembles the considered views of internationally known and reputable scholars on the NWT … examines the credentials of the Translation Committee and the scholars who are quoted in support of its translation … gives the background to the emergence of the New World Translation (NWT) as the Society’s own Bible … traces the history of the Society’s printing and publishing of various versions of the Bible (WBTS/The Society) prints all the material that Jehovah’s Witnesses distribute. Its sister corporation, the Watchtower BibleandTract Society of New York Inc. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania is the official title of the organisation to which Jehovah’s Witnesses belong.

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