I would remind the reader who wants to be scrupulous about the Bible that, unlike U.S. English, none of the ancient languages associated with the Bible use a single word for "backside" and "donkey."
But that stated, there's more in the Bible. To take a de-bowlderized translation I beat on for a while: The Uncensored Bible (exhibit one, two), or see a dialogue on what the Bible's "Behemoth" could be besides a dinosaur seen by men.
The Bible as it is presented today is somewhat bowlderized... but there is a lot to the Bible, even besides the passages that never seem to make it through modern translations clearly.
Jonathan
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I would remind the reader who wants to be scrupulous about the Bible that, unlike U.S. English, none of the ancient languages associated with the Bible use a single word for "backside" and "donkey." But that stated, there's more in the Bible. To take a de-bowlderized translation I beat on for a while: The Uncensored Bible (exhibit one, two), or see a dialogue on what the Bible's "Behemoth" could be besides a dinosaur seen by men. The Bible as it is presented today is somewhat bowlderized... but there is a lot to the Bible, even besides the passages that never seem to make it through modern translations clearly. Jonathan