Vance Gatlin

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However, you can still find the word “unicorn” in the King James Version of the Bible (KJV), a translation from the year 1611. That translation was authorized by King James I of England and utilized the best Greek and Hebrew texts (the languages in which the Bible was originally written) along with several other Bible translations they had access to at the time. When you read translations from that time period, you’ll also encounter unfamiliar words like “thee” and “thou,” which were common words at that time. Today we use “you” or “him” or “her” for “thee,” and “my,” “your,” “his,” or “hers” ...more
How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
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