A news item that showed up in my Facebook feed caught my eye today. Ever-alert for Snopes material (because some of my friends do fall for urban legends), I scanned the thing and then hit the Interwebz for the True Scoop. As it turns out, Phyllis Schafley's son, who has quite a bit of money and owns Conservapedia, is looking for help to rewrite the Bible.
Because it's not conseratie enough.
http://www.alternet.org/belief/right...rvative-enough
I've read the Bible, and read enough Latin and Greek (VERY poorly, I might add) and know enough about the art of translation to see how translators have to reframe things so that they can correctly present them to the audience. I'm well aware that many people don't understand the King James Bible (I once had a discussion with someone who didn't understand that 'herb' in 16th century English meant 'green plant' instead of 'something found in your spice cabinet'.)
I sincerely hope this political translation of a translation of a translation doesn't catch on. If the suggested changes are really things they've "translated" then this divisive mess has the potential to do a great deal of harm.
Because it's not conseratie enough.
http://www.alternet.org/belief/right...rvative-enough
I've read the Bible, and read enough Latin and Greek (VERY poorly, I might add) and know enough about the art of translation to see how translators have to reframe things so that they can correctly present them to the audience. I'm well aware that many people don't understand the King James Bible (I once had a discussion with someone who didn't understand that 'herb' in 16th century English meant 'green plant' instead of 'something found in your spice cabinet'.)
I sincerely hope this political translation of a translation of a translation doesn't catch on. If the suggested changes are really things they've "translated" then this divisive mess has the potential to do a great deal of harm.
via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=270696&goto=newpost
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