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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, Jerry Shepherd <jerry.shepherd AT taylor-edu.ca>
  • Subject: Re: FW: [b-hebrew] Re: paraphrases, etc
  • Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:43:57 +0000

On 07/01/2005 15:50, Jim West wrote:

At 10:44 AM 1/7/2005, you wrote:

A translation should not make its
readers think that they understand the Bible better than they actually
do.


Jerry,

This is an excellent point!

Jim

Precisely. It should not allow readers to think that they understand "cleanness of teeth" in Amos when in fact it is nothing to do with dental hygiene. It should explain what the phrase actually means in the context.

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Peter Kirk
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