Yeah, and there are a bunch of different translations. I know Catholics and Orthodox Christians also include different books in the Bible. I do think it’s possible to view it as a living document. What is included/how it is translated is what is needed at the time.
Even the Bible has been slightly altered by man though. For instance, a few of the books written in Paul’s name we know now were actually written by some of people under him from within the early church.
So the sections written about women not holding authority within the church may have been put in there to centralize power and make the church have a patriarchal structure.
There’s also the different translations of the Bible which can affect the meaning for some of the text. For instance the Adam and Eve story. Adam means earth in Hebrew, it was not a name. So the person we know as Adam, was created male and then personally chose to identify as male, rather than being given his gender by God. The same for Eve as well being the first woman, although IIRC Eve was her name. Still she chose to identity as the first woman.
How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world 3 days ago
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
That makes a lot of sense; I’m curious now what are some of the big differences between the Orthodox and Catholic versions of the Bible. I agree that the Bible can be viewed as a living document. Personally I believe more books could have been added on over the past 2,000 years.
That makes sense as well. Take the King James Version for example which removed references of criticism about the monarchy and papal authority. Although surprisingly was still centered on presenting the Bible with a religious or political lean one way or another.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
If you’re interested, there is actually a sequal to the bible called the quran. I haven’t examined it enough to give some examples unfortunately, but I know they share some same characters and stories. What I can’t stand about the bible is Paul’s writings and I wish they would be under more scrutiny.
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I think it could be worth doing a class on the text of the Quran at some point. I’m aware of some small things such as a deeper focus on the rituals of prayer and worship, but I’m not aware of the specifics of the text.
They really should be, those writings attributed to Paul really go off base from what Jesus was teaching.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The book of enoch is also worth a read. Imo its the most interesting part of christian mythos.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Adam, was created male
then personally chose to identify as male,
How do you get from A to B?
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Adam was made XY sex. Adam then chose to be male. Sorry for the confusion there.
usernameusername@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The bible is… woke???
frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
And it’s been woke the whole time! Lol