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Help[Opinions] sorry, clarification
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It doesn't matter what religion you are, it's what version of the bible you read...but what I meant was I had to get a bible with an Apocrypha, because that is a Catholic set of books, it isn't in some bibles.
Here's what my professor (who is a Greek Scholar and can read it)said about Lilith not being in most bibles...When the first were translated from ancient greek, the translators looked at the word Λιλιθ and they decided that she wasn't well known enough in the time to mention by name, so instead they translated her name into "an owl like creature" or something of the sort so that people could better picture her. In ancient times, they were able just to say Lilith, and everyone knew who she was because she was so well known in folklore.
The reason she is using the Oxford edition is because it is translated (apparently) very literally from Greek to english, so there isn't as much of that "let's modify it for the people to better understand what it says" stuff going on. IMO, it's pretty much the same.
Here's what my professor (who is a Greek Scholar and can read it)said about Lilith not being in most bibles...When the first were translated from ancient greek, the translators looked at the word Λιλιθ and they decided that she wasn't well known enough in the time to mention by name, so instead they translated her name into "an owl like creature" or something of the sort so that people could better picture her. In ancient times, they were able just to say Lilith, and everyone knew who she was because she was so well known in folklore.
The reason she is using the Oxford edition is because it is translated (apparently) very literally from Greek to english, so there isn't as much of that "let's modify it for the people to better understand what it says" stuff going on. IMO, it's pretty much the same.
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