Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George F Somsel <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:43:57 +0000 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
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I think it rather ludicrous to suppose that anyone of even moderate
intelligence would suppose that "cleanness of teeth" had anything to do
with dental hygiene in context.  This is totally a straw man.

george
gfsomsel
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