I'm reading a VERY interesting article on Biblical scholarship, thanks to the poster 'TwistedChick' over at Dreamwidth.
Apparently, the translation of a particular word from Greek wasn't always "homosexual"; rather, it was a word referring to 'boy-molesters', hence the condemnation was properly against NON-CONSENSUAL sex.
https://www.forgeonline.org/blog/2019/3/8/what-about-romans-124-27@distel, some of the discussion is of German translations, I suspect you'll find it interesting!
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in reply to OldBrushNewPaper • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible
grrrr.... why do heterosexists always confuse homosexuality with non consensual sex? it seems to have a long history!
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to OldBrushNewPaper • •From what I remember about greek culture, I suspect that the issue was something else, maybe an excess of something (which they tended to worry about a lot), or worries about the rights of somebody who in the future would become a citizen (contrary to women and slaves).
Still, nothing related to a condemnation of modern homosexuality nor of sex between consenting, adult men.
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in reply to OldBrushNewPaper • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible
Is he talking about east Germany, the GDR? it would be interesting.
I've found a german bible translation called "einheitsübersetzung" in a version of 1980 and it talks about men sleeping with men, which contradicts what he is saying: https://bibel.github.io/EUe/ot/Lev_18.html
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in reply to distel 🦥 🌾🌦 • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible
on this website http://www.bibelarchiv-vegelahn.de/ i found that the catholic version I linked to was originally published in 1974.
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in reply to distel 🦥 🌾🌦 • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible
I looked up some more translations from before 1983 here: https://bibel.github.io/ and it's really not the case.
I don't even know what1983 translation he's talking about, the two archives I checked do not mention a translation at that time.
OldBrushNewPaper
in reply to distel 🦥 🌾🌦 • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible
That said, I am wondering if, indeed, they are concentrating on one community or another in their statements regarding the translation issue. There's not so much the reality of the numbers as there would be the constructed realities of the marketers...
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in reply to OldBrushNewPaper • •Avviso contenuto: 'Homosexual' as mentioned in the Bible