i had heard that it contained the apocrypha and i wonder if he would comment on it contained the apocrypha first and second maccabees and if he could comment on the apocrypha. >> host: the 1611 version of the bible whether it contains the apocrypha. >> host: what is that by the way? >> guest: we oftentimes called the old testament apocrypha are equipped do this under jewish writings the woman during the second temple in different locations around ranging from the area around israel and also down into egypt and for the rest expressing different views that were w spread around. the christian bible for many, many generations dominantly feature these books that are in the old testament apocrypha. the old testament apocrypha is included in the septuagint translation that the questions in the western church would use as a basis for the bible, the vulgate for example. it wasn't until the protestant reformation that those performers went back to original language and translated that they went back to the hebrew bible did not include these additional jewish writings and they debated whether that sh

that aproblem rafah has been -- apocrypha has been included in some translations and not others. and we're mentioning a question just asked whether it was included in the first translations. well, i'm not sure that the first printing of it did include it here in america, but it certainly has been included in very common translations like the new revised standard version, the revised standard version before that. so you, you do have even in america, certainly in england before that, a lot of people reading the apocrypha as part of their bible. so there's clearly a lot of different history of who included and who didn't include it, but that, you know, hopefully here at the museum we can fill out that story a little bit more. >> host: all right. he asked about copyright and the serpent's seed as well. >> guest: okay. yeah, so good. the last question was about the serpent's seed. you know, there's a number of different translations -- interpretations of what the significance of this, of sort of the punishment on the serpent or, you know, the seed of the woman and so on that are going

to a two state solution i've talked to former british ambassador peter ford he accused britain of apocrypha see in his foreign policy right now. the british government are being very feeble with this they made what seemed we could go to be a principled position by boycotting the theremin a march the opening what's described as the american embassy in jerusalem but then days after it appears to be business as usual many people say oh this is hypocrisy let's imagine what the situation would be if russia had for example recognized east jerusalem as the capital of palestine and set up or made it take this being consul general in east jerusalem and empathy with the british position of being to continue doing business with it no way there would have been horrified exclamations legal arguments would have been found to justify britain's position of having nothing to do with this russian embassy double standards. you can follow last stories are just so much more a great site called here in moscow this wednesday morning is kevin owen saying as ever thanks for watching more for newsroom in just over h

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