Perhaps they want to avoid the negative stereotype of those who memorize Scripture, such as to win arguments or out-achieve somebody else. Instead of those motives, why not memorize Scripture for a great motive? How about because we want to grow deeper in our love with God? These translations have no copyright restrictions. They are in the Public Domain. At Explore the Faith, I share insights into the Bible and theological writings.
First of all, before you think Andy is blessed with a superpower memory and uses it to internalize Scripture to a degree you could not, realize that he does not permanently retain all he has memorized. Exactly days after he has memorized a book of the Bible word-perfectly, his retention of it begins to erode. Once he stops reviewing a book, his ability to recall every chapter and verse of it starts to fade.
The months he invested saturating his mind with the book results in a lasting familiarity with the flow and message of the text. Sections of it remain indelibly impressed for immediate retrieval.
The lifetime benefits of books memorized years ago is unquestioned. They imagine the little letter of Third John would be as impossible to memorize as the Gospel of John. Have you ever wondered how people memorize entire books of the Bible? I sure have. As a Christian, the Bible is the foundation of my faith. But as a seminary graduate, there are times when I neglect memorizing entire passages of Scripture. I know general themes and key verses that appear throughout Scripture.
Until now. I came across a wonderful system that I wanted to share with you. You ready? Here goes. Andrews has a great chart in the. The first book I chose to memorize was Philippians, my favorite book of the Bible.
It's not outside the realm of possibility. That said, which bible? Which version and translation? The number of people fluent in Sanskrit and Hebrew is significantly lower than those fluent in English Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. There were many reports claiming that people have memorized the entire bible.
For example: 15 years ago, Baptist Press released an article reported that Nadine Hammonds, a blind woman, has memorized the New Testament Nadine says it took her about three years to get the memorization done. It is reported: Dr. The site also has two chapters teaching how to memorize the bible by Dr. Evans: Although written in , Dr. The most famous person who is said to have memorized the entire bible is Jack Van Impe: Regarding his extraordinary memory in regard to Bible verses, Van Impe has said that he has memorized 14, verses, and that it took him 35, hours to do so.
Jack Van Impe recites has own website also along with methods: Eager to have others memorize the Bible, Dr. M: As an added bonus, a special section devoted entirely to the subject of memorizing scripture is included. Improve this answer. Display name Display name I disagree with your claim that the question is unfalsifiable. We only need to find one person to demonstrate that the claim is true.
In the event of someone that is still alive you can test their claim by having them recite or write down everything from memory. It's possible to prove that someone has memorized the bible, but it's impossible to prove that no one has. So the question is provable but unfalsifiable. Bobson The question isn't up to Popper's standards of falsifiability, but if we have to go through life constantly asking questions by those standards we would be quickly exhausted.
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