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Thursday, November 18, 2004 A New Pentateuch TranslationI have been running through the various news sites I hit during the day and found this article on CNN.com about a new translation of the  Pentateuch. Apparently Robert Alter, a professor at Berkeley, has put together a translation of the Hebrew Pentateuch (the first five books of the Bible) in order to answer his thought of:
This might be something worthwhile to watch because Alter, while recognizing some higher critical thought on formation of the Pentateuch, seems to have largely ignored scholarly concerns over peripheral textual issues and translation committees' calls for simplicity in wording to produce a text that brings out the distinctions found in the Hebrew text. I haven't read The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary or seen biblical scholar reviews on this yet, so I'm not endorsing this translation here. I simply found it compelling that this was on the front page of CNN.com and the uniqueness of this translation. I'll have to pick up a copy soon. posted by Preachin Jesus | 1:36 PM | |
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