Talk:Recovery Version of the Bible

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• Why are you referring to the RcV of the New Testament and the RcV of the Old Testament as if they are two separate publications? An "Old Testament Recovery Version" has never been published as such. Also, what is the source of the information that the birth of the RcV was due to the ASV not allowing Witness Lee to add footnotes to their translation? --SeekingOne 03:49, Nov 25, 2004 (UTC)

• I edited the entry in a minor way. It said that this translation was a translation from the original greek into english. The way it was stated made it sound like other english bibles are not translated from the greek, which is not true, they all are expect for a few (wycliff, Rheims, and Confraternity version are the only that I can think of at the moment, and they are all older versions). --- Allranger Feb. 06, 2005

• I'm moving that this page be renamed Recovery Version of the Bible. The person who started this topic was apprantly not aware that the Old Testament had been translated or released. To me, changing the name and redirecting the current page is a no-brainer. However, I can't do this right now because my account is too new. 15:13 PDT, Vancouver86er, July 15, 2005

• The comment of "was created in response to the publishers of the American Standard Version of the Bible who refused to allow the Living Stream Ministry to insert footnotes into their text." seems inaccurate since the American Standard Version of 1901 and 1929 had been in the public domain long before 1985. Perhaps you were referring to the copyright holder of the New American Standard Bible (NASB) instead or maybe the copyright holder of the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) instead. --209.102.126.117 23:20, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

I removed "Controversy" by 71.74.94.29 because a) it can start a dispute. Please discuss about opinions at a forum elsewhere. b) this article talks about this Bible, not about the interpretation of this Bible. 71.74.94.29 might as well just create a new article dedicated to the interpretation of this Bible. Ancos (talk) 06:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ancos, could you please provide the citation for this news which you have added today. I have heard of this before but I don't have any solid citation for this news. Also, as we know and see that the Recovery Version is an article on wikipedia (an online encyclopedia) -- let's discuss and rethink on it that whether this section is important or required in an encyclopedia or not (just like the controversy over interpretation). Thanks. HopeChrist (talk) 08:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi Salil. I added it last year but it was deleted by 71.74.94.29. Please google "George Bush Bible Hong Kong". If you look at the main page of Wikipedia, you can see a section called "In the news". Something related and significant that has happened is history. History can be considered encyclopedic.

[edit] In the news

In 2002, the President of the United States George W. Bush expressed personal concern on the detention of a Hong Kong resident by China government with the charge of transporting 16,000 copies of such Bible in southeastern China. Any version of Bible has to be approved and monitored by the government before it can be transported into China.