Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?
by onlypassingthru on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @01:58PM
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What is "the Bible"? As many threads in this post have pointed out, the translator and translation have a huge impact on the final product.† Are you referring to ancient Hebrew? A version approved by the Catholic Church or is it something concocted by that German heretic? Something else?
† Sometimes with death sentences handed out for challenges to R̶o̶m̶a̶n̶ papal supremacy!
† Sometimes with death sentences handed out for challenges to R̶o̶m̶a̶n̶ papal supremacy!