▲ 566 ▼ Surprise, the bigots are uneducated (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com [M] to c/Tumblr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 133 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] III@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 child) I don't think they said they were translating Hebrew. There is a documentary about this (1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture) that is pretty good. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) What I'm saying is that a Hebrew version should also exist, which would have its own cultural connotations around whatever word they use. Studying it in tandem with the Greek translation would help reveal the original meaning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's a cognate, they used the Greek word because they didn't have a word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago Good point! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 2 points 8 months ago This everlasting and loving god sure does love keeping his literal words awfully hard to pin down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) What I'm saying is that a Hebrew version should also exist, which would have its own cultural connotations around whatever word they use. Studying it in tandem with the Greek translation would help reveal the original meaning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's a cognate, they used the Greek word because they didn't have a word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago Good point! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 2 points 8 months ago This everlasting and loving god sure does love keeping his literal words awfully hard to pin down. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 child) Maybe it's a cognate, they used the Greek word because they didn't have a word for it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago Good point! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wigglesworth@retrolemmy.com 2 points 8 months ago This everlasting and loving god sure does love keeping his literal words awfully hard to pin down. permalink fedilink source parent