Neutering the Bible, Cityfying Scripture (Isaiah 53:7)
Channel: Tim Bulkeley
Date: 2018-11-06

We are used to being shown (especially by Feminist critics) how the Bible and Bible readers remove women and women's experience from Scripture. I only recently (perhaps because I've been more than usually aware of sheep - feeding Mary the orphan lamb and disposing of another lamb's corpse) noticed how 'modern' Bible translations both cityfy and neuter the language of this familiar Bible verse.