Black and but Beautiful Over the centuries, numerous statues of the Black Madonna have ha
Black and but Beautiful Over the centuries, numerous statues of the Black Madonna have had the Latin words “Nigra sum sed formosa" added to their bases. These are the words of the Queen of Sheba from the Song of Solomon 1:5 and it translates as "I am Black but I am beautiful”. The Aramaic / Hebrew conjunction for “but” or “and” depends on context. It is telling that the Greek authors of the Septuagint Bible chose to translate it as “I am black and beautiful”, whereas the Catholic Church chose to use the word ‘but’.Early Latin texts use the words 'Nigra sum et formosa’, but later authors of the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible changed the words to 'Nigra sum sed formosa’.All Western bibles are derivative works of the Vulgate, and consequently that subtle bit of racism has echoed through the centuries. -- source link
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