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> Where this argument pops up is through the modern myth that "eye of a needle" was a reference to a particular gate in Jerusalem The article says this theory
by Natsu 3y ago
> Where this argument pops up is through the modern myth that "eye of a needle" was a reference to a particular gate in Jerusalem
The article says this theory appears as early as the 11th century, which isn't quite "modern."
- Zancarius 3y agoGood point. I guess my view of "modern" with regards to scripture is somewhat warped by the view that anything later than, say, the 7th or 8th centuries is "too new." Either way, the analogy is anachronistic to the text, which is probably the better way to render it.