1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture (2022)
- Directed by
- Sharon Roggio
- Genre
- documentary film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary examines how a 1946 Bible translation changed the meaning of two Greek words and helped shape anti-LGBT attitudes. It follows researchers and historians as they uncover the mistranslation and its lasting impact.
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What happens
1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture is a 2022 documentary film about the translation of two Koine Greek words in the New Testament—arsenokoitai and malakoi—during the creation of the Revised Standard Version of the Christian Bible in 1946, and how it has contributed to anti-LGBT rhetoric. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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