I'm not a Biblical scholar. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig_leaf
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Replying to @o_guest @cmbrandes
huh so it was a metaphor which would unintentionally cause rash if enacted in real life?
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I think most Christian art was created after the translation of the Septuagint (~200? BCE). So art was prob based on that translation.
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Replying to @cmbrandes @o_guest
The link explains the history of fig leaf metaphor a little. So likely it wasn't related to text even. But I'm no Bible scholar either :)
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Oh definitely could be. But I also wonder with that metaphor - chicken or the egg? It just as easily could have arisen from biblical ref.
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Though I'm not a biblical scholar either. I was just a paradoxically atheist religious studies major in undergrad.
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Replying to @cmbrandes @o_guest
Wow what a mixture! Though it makes sense to me that studying religion closely would make one a nonbeliever :) Being surrounded by it was
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enough for me!
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Replying to @zerdeve @cmbrandes
I can speak Greek.
If that helps... it's certainly fig in Greek too.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
I mean I could be wrong, but I mean the translation from Hebrew to Greek. One of many possible explanations.
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Yeah, sorry, you were 2 steps ahead! 
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