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Are there differences in how knowledge itself is conceived of, or…

- - - - In 1513, the church of San Pietro or St Peter's Basilica, a titular and very important Catholic church in the world commissioned the sculpture of the prophet Moses to be displayed in the church.
      - Michalangelo a famous renaissance artist who took up this job, and based his work on the description in the Old Testament. Since Moses was described as horned in earlier versions of the translated old testament, Moses was sculpted with horns.
      - This further cemented the notion that Moses was horned, which was planted in the subconcious of millions and millions of tourists and visitors who had visited the church.
      - The work became extremely popular and propagated these negative stereotypes and perception of the Jewish community (indirectly).
    - - The Old Testament is the first division of the Christian Biblical Canon and in important part in the Christian faith. In Italy, around 300 AD, the Roman Catholic Church, under pope Damasus I commissioned the translation of the Hebrew texts to Latin.
      - During this time there were multiple versions of the Old Testament in Latin however none were too credible. For this reason, the church approached now Saint Jerome to translate the texts to Latin.
      - During translations Jerome made a big mistake by mistranslating the description of prophet Moses, where he went from being described as radiant in the original text, to horned in the translated version.
      - This small mistake had a massive impact on the Jewish Culture and their perception. Jews were made to believe that their most important prophet Moses was horned, which was further cemented by other works of art and literature.
      - Furthermore, this also gave rise to anti-semitic rhetoric and harmful stereotypes which was a consequence for the Jewish community as a whole.
    - - Old Testament:
        The Old Testament is a text which is directly connected to the case of mistranslation. It is an example where the case of mistranslation has directly occurred. I can then explain the impact it has had. Furthermore, I have a strong personal connection since I have the Old Testament at home since I am Christian. To summarise the pros of the Old Testament are: direct connection, an example of mistranslation in an important text, can be used to explain the impact on Jews.
        On the other hand, the version of the Old Testament I personally have does not have the mistranslation since it is been corrected already. Moreover, it is a really old object from around 300 AD. Furthermore, the old testament itself does not show the impact of mistranslation, rather the instance of mistranslation itself. To summarise the cons are: doesn't show impact , is not the exact object, and is quite old.
        Mosè di Michaelangelo:
        The Mosè di Michaelangelo shows a direct instance of how the mistranslation directly impacted the perception of a culture, in this case a prophet. It can be used to further display how this has had a lasting impact on the Jewish community. There is also a connection here since I have physically seen the sculpture when I went to Rome. To summarise the the pros of the sculpture are: personal connection, shows impact of mistranslation, can be used to explain the impact on Jews.
        On the other hand, the sculpture also has the variable of artistic liberty, however that is something that can be easily waved off since it does not hold much of a relevance to the argument.
      - After analysing the pros and cons I have found that the sculpture is more appropriate to work with since it can be better used to display the extent to which knowledge can be presented differently leaving it open to interpretation and impacting cultures.