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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: Kirk Lowery <klowery AT wts.edu>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>, Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: English Translation of Rabbinic Literature
  • Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 19:18:56 +0000


At 15:10 06/12/2002, Kirk Lowery wrote:

What about Jacob Neusner's translations? They're not electronic of course, but...

Neusner's " The Mishnah: A New Translation " Yale 1988 is now available in e-form as a Logos book.
See http://www.logos.com/ebooks/book.asp?iname=MISHNAH

In his preface, N. states: >> The purpose of this translation is to present the Mishnah in as close to a literal rendition of the Hebrew as is possible in American English. In this way the formal patterns and formalized character of the original language will become accessible. Thus the contents of the Mishnah will be available in a rendition close to the way in which, in Hebrew, they are expressed. Since most of the Mishnah is expressed in highly patterned and formalized language, this fresh translation will make possible an understanding of the forms and formal character of the first document of Rabbinic Judaism. <<

Regards,
Maurice



Maurice A. O'Sullivan [ Bray, Ireland ]
mauros AT iol.ie








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