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<blockquote data-quote="Frederick" data-source="post: 2899845" data-attributes="member: 17825"><p>That's true. But the words and common idioms aren't rooted in scripture per se, but rather in the original Early Modern English translations which contained the Latin and Greek words of the original text that was left in after translation. Back in 16th century England, the Bible was only read by a certain number of high priests in the Church who knew Latin. Translating the Holy Book into Early English was heavily punishable by draconian laws, such as boiling alive or dismemberment amongst other horrific punishments.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, an individual named William Tyndale(<em>c.</em> 1494–1536) did create a book translated from Latin to Early Modern English(see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible</a>) . In these early translations of the Bible, oftentimes the translations were direct transliterations. and in many cases, the original latin and greek words were left untranslated. This was copied into several other bibles at the time. The church did try to burn many copies, but failed in preventing the spread of the Holy texts from spreading.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe's_Bible</a> was very influential, too. it occurred during the Middle English era and many Latin words came from his translations as well.</p><p></p><p>Here's a very interesting documentary on youtube on the subject of the English language and the Holy Bible:</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]EmKsBAfFe5o[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frederick, post: 2899845, member: 17825"] That's true. But the words and common idioms aren't rooted in scripture per se, but rather in the original Early Modern English translations which contained the Latin and Greek words of the original text that was left in after translation. Back in 16th century England, the Bible was only read by a certain number of high priests in the Church who knew Latin. Translating the Holy Book into Early English was heavily punishable by draconian laws, such as boiling alive or dismemberment amongst other horrific punishments. Eventually, an individual named William Tyndale([I]c.[/I] 1494–1536) did create a book translated from Latin to Early Modern English(see [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible[/URL]) . In these early translations of the Bible, oftentimes the translations were direct transliterations. and in many cases, the original latin and greek words were left untranslated. This was copied into several other bibles at the time. The church did try to burn many copies, but failed in preventing the spread of the Holy texts from spreading. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe's_Bible[/URL] was very influential, too. it occurred during the Middle English era and many Latin words came from his translations as well. Here's a very interesting documentary on youtube on the subject of the English language and the Holy Bible: [MEDIA=youtube]EmKsBAfFe5o[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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