PRE-PURCHASE | COMING SPRING 2026 | FORGING A SACRED WEAPON: The 1946 Bible Mistranslation Behind Anti-Gay Theology
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Releasing late May-early June 2026 as paperback, audio, ebook and accompanying Discussion Guide.
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In 1946, a single English word appeared in the Bible for the first time. That word was homosexuals.
Independent historian and researcher Kathy Baldock traces how this modern term—unknown to the biblical world—was inserted into 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, reshaping Christian theology, social attitudes, and politics, and impacting millions of lives.
Drawing on archival investigations with research partner Ed Oxford, at Yale and elsewhere, Baldock reconstructs the cultural assumptions and linguistic gaps that made this mistranslation possible—and follows its devastating ripple effects across translations, denominations, and culture wars.
At the heart of the story: David, a young seminarian who warned the Revised Standard Version team about the translation error in 1959
Forging a Sacred Weapon is groundbreaking research and a work of historical accountability for readers who care about Scripture, truth, and consequences.
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"Forging a Sacred Weapon: How the Bible Became Anti-Gay" will be published in LATE SPRING 2024 Pre-sales accepted.
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