The Holocaust
The word holocaust comes from the Greek word holokaustos, meaning a whole burnt offering. This term appears in the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Old Testament circa 250 BC which Jesus and His disciples quoted from. In over 250 places most Bibles use the words burnt offering or offerings. For example, Genesis 8:20, Leviticus chapter 1, Psalm 50:8, and Hebrews 10:8. Some Bibles used the words holocaust, holocausts, holocausto, holocaustos, or holocaustum. This includes the Latin Vulgate circa AD 390, the Douay-Rheims of 1610 and its 18th century revisions, 1970's New American Bible , and Portuguese and Spanish versions as late as the year 2000. And it only meant burning by fire. Along came the book titled Night, all of which I listened to on audio. It was written by Elie Wiesel, who was held in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Monowitz concentration camps. In it he made the following claims: In the Gleason Forest infants were tossed into the air and used as targets f...