Bishops: no more Biblical booty (shaking)

It is interesting how much time and energy are devoted to items such as this:

Bishops boot 'booty' from revised Bible
From the USAToday

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has ordered up a new translation of the Bible, one it says is more accurate, more accessible and more poetic.

Now "booty," a word that sets off snickers in Sunday school, will be replaced by the "spoils" of war when the newest edition of the New American Bible, the English-language Catholic Bible, comes out on Ash Wednesday, March 9.

"We needed a new translation because English is a living language," says retired auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee Richard Sklba, part of the review and editing team.


Posted on March 2, 2011 7:00 PM | |
Comments (3)

"Booty" (presumably "baz") is the least of the problems in the text of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Posted by Bill Moorhead [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 2, 2011 8:45 PM

Is this from the same folks who are giving their people a new translation of the texts of the mass? That's the one that demands more fidelity to the original Latin---you know, the language that Jesus used. I will continue to hope that the Holy Spirit gets a word in edgewise.

Posted by Peter Pearson [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 2, 2011 10:58 PM

It's infuriating that "booty" gets this level of attention while the concept of "herem" goes unnoticed.

Torey Lightcap

Posted by www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=560747865 [TypeKey Profile Page] | March 3, 2011 11:26 AM

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