Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hudson@athena.cs.uga.edu (Paul Hudson Jr) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Abortion. Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 07:12:57 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Georgia, Athens Lines: 17 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Someone quoted a version of the Bible that said that if a man hit a woman in the stomach, and the baby was miscarried, but the woman was not injured, then a fine would be paid. But if they woman was injured, then eye for eye and tooth for tooth was to be extracted. In the NIV it says that if the baby is born prematurely, but there is no injury, then a fine is to be paid, but if the baby is injured then eye for eye and tooth for tooth is to be extracted. There may be some ambiguity in the Hebrew passage. Can anyone help clear this up? Link Hudson. [NIV doesn't really say "if the baby is injured". It simply has premature birth instead of miscarriage (with miscarriage as an alternative in a footnote). It's not clear to me who the injury is to in this case. I can't comment on the Heb, but I have looked it up in a number of translations and a commentary, and the NIV is alone on this one. --clh]