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  • From: Numberup AT worldnet.att.net
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Isaiah Query
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:04:06 -0700


True, Peter, but I suppose that the majority of the target readers of the new
translation by the [i]Jewish[/i] Publication Society's Tanakh, "according to
the
traditional Hebrew text," would understand.

Others have recourse to the scholars on b-hebrew. :)

Solomon Landers

Peter Kirk wrote:

> But it does seem strange that in the JPS "Tanakh" this verse is printed at
> the end, admittedly in a slightly smaller font size, with no footnote or
> other explanation either at that place or in the Preface - especially when
> this translation is otherwise so careful to note any departures from the
> Masoretic text. Far be it from me to criticise Jewish customs. But such a
> practice would certainly not be acceptable in a Christian translation, and
> probably not (unless it could be argued that the author's intended meaning
> is actually better reflected in English by the amended version) in one done
> according to normal secular criteria.
>
> Peter Kirk
>





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