Hm, I don’t want to sound all negative about that, “but”: maybe that’s the thing all of those transcribers in history thought about that “original” text (and before and before, etc.). I’m sure you do it with much more good intentions than transcribers working for regimes in power etc., but still it changes the message. Think about animal farm and the rules which are changed over time. That’s the problem with sticking to ancient texts which may not be well translated for the current Zeitgeist.
Not really sure what you’re trying to get at. My rendition makes no claim to any kind of authority, nor do I have any interest in the exegetical model of conventional christians in our age, nor am I a christian for that matter. As far as I’m concerned, they are all just worshiping Tom Riddle in their bibliolatry.
I only posted my remixed version to highlight how the general pattern of what Jesus/Yeshua said about Pharisees fits a description of modern fundamentalists quite well. Here is a version of the same chapter from a well respected translation.
And a side-note about Bible translation - that area of study is actually very sophisticated, and modern translations are remarkably accurate within the limits of source materials we have to work with.
Hm, I don’t want to sound all negative about that, “but”: maybe that’s the thing all of those transcribers in history thought about that “original” text (and before and before, etc.). I’m sure you do it with much more good intentions than transcribers working for regimes in power etc., but still it changes the message. Think about animal farm and the rules which are changed over time. That’s the problem with sticking to ancient texts which may not be well translated for the current Zeitgeist.
Not really sure what you’re trying to get at. My rendition makes no claim to any kind of authority, nor do I have any interest in the exegetical model of conventional christians in our age, nor am I a christian for that matter. As far as I’m concerned, they are all just worshiping Tom Riddle in their bibliolatry.
I only posted my remixed version to highlight how the general pattern of what Jesus/Yeshua said about Pharisees fits a description of modern fundamentalists quite well. Here is a version of the same chapter from a well respected translation.
And a side-note about Bible translation - that area of study is actually very sophisticated, and modern translations are remarkably accurate within the limits of source materials we have to work with.