Biblical Hebrew Forum

["C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>]

On 1/5/05 9:49 AM, "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:

>> The error of supposing that the KJV was a translation at first hand
>> sans a glance at other english versions. ...
> 
> 
> Jim, do you know anyone who actually supposes this? I certainly don't.
> Neither do I hold the opposite error that it was a paraphrase from the
> other versions sans a glance at the original text. Maybe some people
> hold that one.

Lets take a hypothetical contemporary situation where a woman, an SIL
person, is translating Genesis into one of the Turkic languages. This woman
uses all the computer based tools that SIL provides for their translators
plus commercial products like BibleWorks, etc. This woman knows a little
Hebrew but she is not a specialist in Semitic languages.

How dependent will she be on ENGLISH versions in her rendering of Genesis
into the target language?

Peter knows the answer to this one.

greetings,
Clay Bartholomew