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Originally Posted by Victoria
For example, look at the history of the Christian bible: no originals from the Hebrew bible - just translations of translations; transcription errors crept in through hand-copying over the centuries; disagreement over critical word choices in modern translations due to differing theological and political perspectives of the scholars; the 1&2 century had a different understanding of 'author' from today, so that works were attributed to Paul and others, though written after their deaths, etc.
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And that is why the Jewish Bible is sacrosanct and it is heresy to change it, even by one (silent) letter.
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Social media / 'global village' now allows readers to brush elbows with authors. JK Rowling says she made a mistake with Ron and Hermione - too much information! What are we supposed to do with revelations from authors, rewrite the books in our head?
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She lost the right to say that as soon as she published the book. You cannot just take it all back.
And Harry and Hermione are way too clichéd; I have lost my respect for her as a result of her even suggesting the idea.