Iohannes99

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By background, no. Current lawyer, Classics major.

But... I am presently defending a Bittorrent copyright infringement case and negotiated a software license agreement a few weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, the original Latin version is basically the same as the English translation. And Jerome lived in Jerusalem among native Hebrew speakers when doing his translation in around 400 CE. So, I don't get the comments that it's edited for political purposes. If there's a mistranslation, it goes back to the beginning and has held steady for 1600 years.

Also, not to lose sight of practicalities, if a billion Christians have relied on the "wrong" version over the last 1600 years, doesn't that make the "wrong" version orthodox? The "right" translation at this point is heretical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't see how this does not get "major questioned" out of existence too.