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General Discussion / Re: A newbie's quick hello
« on: May 21, 2010, 04:07:52 am »
The Bible and the 10 commandments are a translation from translated texts that have been translated from other texts that have been translated from and translated.... well you get the picture.  You have to remember that until about 200-300 years ago there was no one dialect that was singularly spoken and officially used in England. When the Bible was first printed here it was into several local dialects used here over the years and then re-translated from them again and again until the more modern English language we started to adapt today. Thee and thou meant something different than it did in the 18th\19th century than it did between the 13th and 16th century. Anyway, this isn't a theology discussion or a discussion on ancient Anglo\Latin\Etc... and their translations. Otherwise i'd be here all day.

Thee and thou can mean either you or me really, but it depended on the scribe\printer, documents record both words being used in either context. It was established though that it was more commonly used how i stated it on my original post. You have to remember back when the bible was first being printed in medieval Britain, there were hundreds of local dialects throughout the island. Only a few minor dialects where ever recorded, but with no firm base of language established, with a mixed bag of conquerers over the centuries, language was dilluted, wiped out, expanded or warped depending on who was ruling the area at the time. Again, there is another time and place to discuss this.

Trust me when i say, the Bible isn't a good place to look upon ancient English language, if that's how you think people spoke 500 years ago or even at the time of writing then i will be seriously worried.

The Bible has only one message but it has actually been translated into many different languages. Ancient English Language is not my first impression whenever I heard it. I believe that you can't find the old language in the Bible because it is already translated into today's languages.

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