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Thanks for the analysis, Nate . Very interesting , especially the observation that the writings made more sense to contemporaries that to people a couple of thousand years away . We really are at the mercy of the translators in a lot of ways .
Look at how English (American) has changed in the last hundred years . If I told you about my "bitch" would you think I was talking about a female dog or a mean woman ?
If I told you about my "hoe", i would have to tell you it was an agricultural implement .
I certainly wouldn't refer to a joyful hetero-sexual man as "gay"
These are only the most obvious, of course , but it just shows that old translations are not necessarily the most easily understood .
However, "modern" translations probably contain the interpretations of the translator .