TimS comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 25, chapter 96 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 26 July 2013 01:37:10AM 2 points [-]

I would be surprised to discover an Old English translation of any part of the Bible. The major theological movement to translate the Gospels into the vernacular (Lutherian Reformation) post-dates Old English by several centuries.

Comment author: Vaniver 27 July 2013 04:54:23AM *  2 points [-]

I would be surprised to discover an Old English translation of any part of the Bible.

Huh? thomblake just mentioned such a translation (though it's incomplete), and it's easy to verify on wiki or elsewhere.

Comment author: TimS 27 July 2013 06:24:17PM 2 points [-]

We can steelman my post to say we shouldn't expect many translations given the theological positions, or we can believe TimS_yesterday failed reading comprehension.

I'm putting my probability mass on that latter. Sorry, thomblake.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 July 2013 02:02:35AM 0 points [-]

Well, the Vulgar Latin translation of the Bible was itself in the vernacular at the time it was translated.