I believe that in the scan in the previous post, the Bibles listed as 'Controlled Stock Items' were not printed by the WT, but were distributed by them through the literature counter. I still have a couple of the mentioned versions which I remember purchasing at the KH. The Tanakh Bible, for instance, was published by the Jewish Publication Society of America (Old Testament only, of course). On the other hand, there were other non-WT bibles which the WT society also printed on their own presses. They had a KJV, and ASV, which were published by other publishers as well. The Byington, though was published solely by the WT, and no one else has ever had the rights to it, to my knowledge. There were some bootleg PDFs floating around the internet at one time, perhaps those were the subject of the lawsuit mentioned in the OP.
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Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?
by Balaamsass inandover townsman, andover, ma.
july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.
bill dalton.
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Anand vs. Carlsen
by bohm inanand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.
after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!
(go go carlsen!).
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thanks
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Anand vs. Carlsen
by bohm inanand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.
after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!
(go go carlsen!).
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what's the link for chess 24?
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London Ohio and Indianapolis Assemby Halls to be sold
by munchausen inannounce was made this week that the assembly halls in london, ohio and indianapolis indiana will be sold and a new 3000 seat assembly hall will be built in southwest ohio.
the assembly hall in london ohio was built in the 70's and is in fine shape - nothing wrong with it.
the new one will cost around 8-9 million.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I see that this was already reported on:
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Anand vs. Carlsen
by bohm inanand and carlsen is playing the world championship right now.
after 4 draws carlsen just won game 5!
(go go carlsen!).
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There is another chess world championship match going on now, this time Carlsen is defending against Sergey Karjakin. You can watch for free at:
https://worldchess.com/nyc2016/
but the commentary, etc is not free.
I like Karjakin. He's kind of geeky, seems to have less confidence, talks with a bit of a stutter, at least in English. Definitely the underdog. He's leading the match right now.
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Why did Jehovah's Witnesses release the Byington and New Jerusalem Bibles in the early 70s , and forget about them in the 80s?
by Balaamsass inandover townsman, andover, ma.
july 26, 2012. dalton column: lawsuit concerns one of town's most interesting yet forgotten.
bill dalton.
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dropoffyourkeylee
It is curious that the Byington translation is included in the tablet form of the 2013 JW bible and is quoted occasionally as a result.
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dropoffyourkeylee
cool photo, thanks for posting it
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London Ohio and Indianapolis Assemby Halls to be sold
by munchausen inannounce was made this week that the assembly halls in london, ohio and indianapolis indiana will be sold and a new 3000 seat assembly hall will be built in southwest ohio.
the assembly hall in london ohio was built in the 70's and is in fine shape - nothing wrong with it.
the new one will cost around 8-9 million.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I heard recently that the Indianopolis Assembly Hall was sold <finally>. I believe the buyer was a megachurch. The London assembly hall is being used as it always has, if it is for sale or not I don't know.
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666 or 616? Do we have to choose a number or could it be both?
by fulltimestudent ini'm sure that most longer term readers on this list know that the use of the number in the revelation was a 'code' using the jewish concept that assigned number values to the letters of the hebrew alphabet.. a promoter of modern judaism ( dr. eliyahu lizorkin-eyzeneberg) explains:.
today gematria is well-known as a jewish interpretive method that assigns numerical values of hebrew letters to words, phrases and/or sentences.
then, by adding them together, seeks to determine their deeper meaning.
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dropoffyourkeylee
I always thought the WT explanation has an inherent anachonism also. They always included the explanation that it was the number 6 repeated three times. But it wasn't, it was the number six hundred sixty-six. The way to 'do math' back then was with Roman numerals, which is not the number 6 repeated three times. The invention of representing larger numerals placing 10's in the second digit from the right, 100's in the third digit from the right, etc., as well as the concept of zero, came into use later. I think that was an Arabic invention.
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So, how did the 'beard article' go over yesterday at your congregation?
by neat blue dog inat mine the conductor was somewhat awkward and minimal and there were nervous chuckles from the audience.
two people, including an elder, gave reasonable comments that it's okay as long as it's not extreme styles, etc.
but then another one of the elders commented that nothing has changed and they still aren't proper locally.
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dropoffyourkeylee
At the recent SAD day in London Ohio USA this past weekend, they covered the beard issue in the WT 'summary'. The speaker made it plain that if the good-example brothers pictured in the WT magazine were shown with beards, it would be 'accepted locally', but until that happens, beards would not be acceptable. Anyone with a beard would 'bring into question their privileges'. They didn't leave much room for doubt.