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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 7254688" data-attributes="member: 6669384"><p>Read a bit beyond the English translations, which were heavily influenced by King James.</p><p></p><p>James had a serious fear of witchcraft, and so the translator who worked on the King James Bible (first sanctioned English translation) played to the tastes of his royal sponsor.</p><p></p><p>The original was several languages earlier in the translation chain. Remember that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, though Jesus probably spoke Aramaic primarily, as that was the language of the land at that time. From there it was translated to Greek, as that was the language of scholars, the international language of the learned man. From there it was translated to Latin, and from there to the various modern languages we see it published in today.</p><p></p><p>But the Hebrew, translated directly and literally to English, wouldn't use the word "witch". Instead it spoke of "caster of harmful spells". As a convenient sound bite, think "black magic" or "black witch".</p><p></p><p>Much later one of the Apostles warned against the casting of spells, or pretending to cast spells. But the whole "Suffer not a Witch to live" thing is a bad translation catering to the paranoia of an English King in the early 1600s.</p><p></p><p>As pointed out, it came in rather late in the game, and wasn't at all in line with religious doctrine of the past. More of a fad, like the "Communists under the bed" mania of 1950s America.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 7254688, member: 6669384"] Read a bit beyond the English translations, which were heavily influenced by King James. James had a serious fear of witchcraft, and so the translator who worked on the King James Bible (first sanctioned English translation) played to the tastes of his royal sponsor. The original was several languages earlier in the translation chain. Remember that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, though Jesus probably spoke Aramaic primarily, as that was the language of the land at that time. From there it was translated to Greek, as that was the language of scholars, the international language of the learned man. From there it was translated to Latin, and from there to the various modern languages we see it published in today. But the Hebrew, translated directly and literally to English, wouldn't use the word "witch". Instead it spoke of "caster of harmful spells". As a convenient sound bite, think "black magic" or "black witch". Much later one of the Apostles warned against the casting of spells, or pretending to cast spells. But the whole "Suffer not a Witch to live" thing is a bad translation catering to the paranoia of an English King in the early 1600s. As pointed out, it came in rather late in the game, and wasn't at all in line with religious doctrine of the past. More of a fad, like the "Communists under the bed" mania of 1950s America. [/QUOTE]
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