Scrutinizing biblical translations - should we even bother?

Recently, I took part in a discussion which raised some interesting questions on the coherence of the King James Version Creation Account. The discussion was interesting and raised some important points regarding the effectiveness of higher level biblical translations.Throughout history, textual criticism has been the weapon of choice to scrutinize and decipher the meaning of biblical scriptures. However, in cases where evaluations are limited to higher level translations, the quality of the document would be compromised beyond reliability.All hand waving and mud slinging aside, there is little sense in debating biblical meanings without the inclusion of the parent data.So I wondered, if someone were to setup a starting point to launch a well rounded scriptural evaluation of the Genesis Creation Account, what would be the oldest known documents to that effect? - Also, would it lend itself to verification or cross referencing against other writings?I hope, this topic makes it into the forums. I for one would really like to see some input from other people and hopefully gather some valuable material along the way.

My question to you: Should we even bother?What type of information do you hope to get out of such a discussion? Also.....what is the parent data?Edited by AdminPhat, : clarification

I can only answer on my own accord, and(unfortunately) I am biased to that question.Personally, I would like to see and hear from others as to whether or not it is reasonable to expect anything worthy of scrutiny as far as current biblical texts are concerned. Moreso, how realistic would it be to dig up and use reference material to that effect? Is it even plausible to expect anything other than added confusion? Could it help put things into perspective where modern life and science are concerned? Parent data(ideally) would be "the one" or root document of the translation. - Assuming we could even drill down near that level and compare our results.

Pbee has replied.

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