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Originally Posted by barryem
I recently read or heard a story, maybe on PBS or NPR news but I'm not sure of that, explaining that the first printing of the King James Bible was 1000 copies, done by the foremost printer of the time. But he was rushed and a lot of mistakes were made and they were recalled and most were burned. The printer was banished and a new, corrected printing was made. There are 11 copies of that original in various museums. One of the mistakes, probably the most upsetting, was in the 7th commandment "Thou shalt commit adultery".  |
For some reason, I'm reminded of Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman's
Good Omens. One of the bibles in Aziraphale's collection was the 'Wicked Bible, printed by Barker and Lucas in 1632, in which the word
not was omitted from the seventh commandment:, making it “Thou shalt commit Adultery.”'
