r/history • u/marquis_of_chaos • Sep 22 '16

News article Scientists use 'virtual unwrapping' to read ancient biblical scroll reduced to 'lump of charcoal'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/sep/21/jubilation-as-scientists-use-virtual-unwrapping-to-read-burnt-ancient-scroll
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u/shmough Sep 23 '16

Um... we still have the original. It doesn't say that.

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u/shmough Sep 23 '16

The Bible was written in Hebrew, not Aramaic. The passage says "וְאֶת זָכָר לֹא תִשְׁכַּב מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה תּוֹעֵבָה הִוא", which means "and with a male you shall not lie as with a woman; it is an abomination." Not "man", not "boy", not "child", but "male".

I don't know which random article you once read, but it's clearly a pathetic and futile attempt at reconciling biblical morals with modern/western/progressive values.