A quick Google search with the term “Bible” will list a good amount of links with various translation versions of the good book. It seems quite absurd that translation of the Bible use to be a banned practice. There is probably very few people who have not come into contact with the Bible’s influence. Even if they have not read it, they have heard of it or read something which references its stories or verses.
The Bible historically has only been access by those who are powerful and wealth. Scribes kept their scrolls hidden in their libraries and only those who were wealthy enough to afford language lessons were able to read it in Latin or German. The exclusivity of the Bible is a very intriguing phenomenon to me. I can’t understand why those in power and wealth would not want to share the knowledge and contents of the Bible. Did believers in medieval times not want to share their faith? Perhaps I am looking at this with a very modern view when the Bible is already available to everyone.
The Bible has gone through consistent change since its creation. Stories went from a oracular tradition to being written down by scribes. Scribes each add their own touch to every story they come into contact with. Then through each translation, the meaning of the words come to an altered sense of meaning. I wonder if any biblical stories came to mean something different than when they were created. In modern times, biblical interpretations takes on a new spin through picture books, movies, manga/anime, and biblezines. I wonder what ancient scribes would think of these new spin offs. Would they believe that we are on the right path? Would they think we should share Christianity with the world when they have cut off people from it?
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