Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:02:09 -0500 "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
writes:
> George:
> 
> Oops, my mistake.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George F Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
> 
> > 
> > Karl,
> > 
> > Note the first line "Here is my rendition of Job 34.10-29."  It is 
> MY
> > translation.
> > 
> > george
> > gfsomsel
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That's OK.  I consider your evaluation 

>>It doesn't feel like an awkward translation with many hebreisms as I
would expect from a scholar to scholar translation, rather it feels more
like a modern paraphrase (to use a term in a way Peter Kirk objects
(sorry, Peter ;-(  )) targetted at an audience who doesn't know Hebrew.<<

to be, on the whole, positive though I am not too thrilled to hear it
called a paraphrase since I attempt to be fairly faithful to the text
without using cliched phrases.  I am more concerned with your statement

>>In v. 20 the noun (M people is omitted.<<

I'll need to take another look at that.  I did this while listening to
the Metropolitan Opera production of "Otello" and was becoming somewhat
tired of it by that time.  I had intended to go a few verses further in
the translation, but when the opera ended, I sent it.

george
gfsomsel
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