[Ads-l] factoid or foolishness?

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jul 7, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Joel Berson <berson at att.net> wrote:
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> I vote for "error".  The Bible of Bibles, BibleGateway.com, proves there are 942 occurrences of "Jesus" in the King James Version.

Well, there are none in the Old Testament, I'd wager, so we can project...oh, nevermind.

LH
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> P.S.  If there's a runoff poll, I vote for "foolishness."
> 
> JSB
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>      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2015 7:28 AM
> Subject: [ADS-L] factoid or foolishness?
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> Huffington Post:
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> "The King James Version would make its debut in the year of 1611 (before
> the letter J existed, so the name 'Jesus' did not appear once)."
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> We report, you decide.
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> JL
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