Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Karl,

I am astonished that you don't know who Robert Alter is. He is one of the 
prime movers in literary criticism of biblical literature. His two seminal 
works are "The Art of Biblical Narrative" and "The Art of Biblical Poetry".


Jay,

It would not be the first time that practically all English versions get the 
same thing wrong. I think Zech 9.9 is another case in point, where the Niphal 
nwš( is never translated as it should be. It should be rendered 'saved', or 
'freed', or 'liberated', but it is always translated with an active meaning.



Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au