A LAMP IN THE DARK
Youtube / 3 hours
A LAMP IN THE DARK: The Untold History of the Bible - Full Documentary
i’m about half through this video.
i’m not viewing, but listening as i walk about an hour in evenings.
i often rewind and listen to specially interesting parts, it will take me longer than 3 hours to complete.
it’s addressing different questions i’ve had, and lots of new info for me.
they speak to events that led up to Martin Luther, he did not appear in a vacuum.
they name the importance of Gutenberg’s “movable type” to ML’s timing and position in history.
i’d wondered about that for years. interesting to listen to this perspective.
i had to listen to, and repeat, the words Erasmus had, comparing Latin to Greek:
The video covers so much on the history of Bible translations.Erasmus:
“For we have in Latin only a few small streams and muddy puddles, while they have pure springs and rivers flowing in gold. I see that it is utter madness even to touch with the little finger that branch of theology that deals chiefly with the divine mysteries, unless one is also provided with the equipment of Greek.”
[As quoted in Martin Luther:
The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World (2017)
by By Eric Metaxas, p. 85]
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desiderius_Erasmus
i’ll be rewinding and revisiting several times.
Eventually, i plan to view. After listening-only, i expect adding visuals will be compelling.
Thoughts?
Has anyone viewed/listened?
There are several youtube versions, this one might not be the best.