God and the N-word

[Frances Bolton (PHI)]

Well, actually, I was wrong, if it's Maimonides it's not the Talmud;
Maimonides was an early medevial (sp?) writer, and his texts are not _as_
central as the Talmud. 

There is some other, more interesting  translational
hanky-panky with the Bible. The Jesus story comes immediately to mind. 
In the original, Mary, (mother of jesus) was a "young girl." It got
translated as "virgin." This mistranslating has had some... far-reaching
effects.  It's kind of amazing, actually.  A hegemonic theological
structure built around a single mistranslated word. 

Yours, 
Frances Bolton

On Sat, 16 May 1998, William S. Lear wrote:


> On Sat, May 16, 1998 at 13:21:40 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
> >...
> >Here's the excerpt; the article is available on the Nation's web site
> >(www.thenation.com):
> >...
> 
> Ok, so this clearly is referring to the Talmud.  Was there any similar
> translational hanky-panky done with the Bible?
> 
> 
> Bill
>