[arachne] Re: The Bible says it's smart to be a dumb ass

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:53:43 +0100, Bastiaan T.Edelman wrote:


> In the Dutch translation there is not even an 'ass' but a 'beast of
> burden'... no gender specified.

Two my modern English translations show "donkey" and "a man's voice".

> It spoke with a 'mensenstem', a human voice.

Yes, males were short-changed in the older language. "Man" could mean
either a male or a non-gender-specific human.

> I wonder what did Peter REALY wrote?

Something in Greek or Latin, I suspect, most probably Latin.


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