“For centuries people have laughed at the old Douay version, because in Galatians v.4 it gave the rendering, ‘You are evacuated from Christ’. In 1940, what metaphor could be more familiar, or more significant?” -On Englishing the Bible (28)
They didn't evacuate the city during the Blitz, they went underground into bomb shelters.
Actually, the reason why that particular translation evokes laughter is because 'evacuation' is, or at one time was, a euphemism for a certain bodily function, people would say "I need to evacuate my bowels"
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“For centuries people have laughed at the old Douay version, because in Galatians v.4 it gave the rendering, ‘You are evacuated from Christ’. In 1940, what metaphor could be more familiar, or more significant?”
Probably refering to all the evcacuations London had to do during WWII when the German's were bombing that city every night!
ReplyDeleteThey didn't evacuate the city during the Blitz, they went underground into bomb shelters.
ReplyDeleteActually, the reason why that particular translation evokes laughter is because 'evacuation' is, or at one time was, a euphemism for a certain bodily function, people would say "I need to evacuate my bowels"
It is an evacuation to leave your house, school or place of work and go to an air raid shelter.
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