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January 30 2012

Quintessentialist: Language as a Weapon of Mass Destruction: Episode Two, Homosexuality in the Bible

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Consider the following quote from Wycliffe’s English Bible: “If a man slepith with a man, bi letcherie of a womman, euer either hath wrouyt vnleueful thing, die thei bi deeth; her blood be on hem”. Lechery comes from the Old French lecherie, which is interestingly similar to the French le cher,…

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    Awesome! I’m looking forward to it.
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    A couple people have mentioned that I should analyze the language of the original text. Expect a revised edition soon.
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    I had a feeling that was going to end up being the problem. When they said they were working with Latin I immediately...
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    Interesting as this is, we need to not look at the Latin version for the original meaning of lecherie, but the Hebrew....
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    Reblogging for Eric. I think you’ll find this interesting. »
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