From: "George Athas" <gathas AT globalfreeway.com.au>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Isaiah 7.14
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 01:07:39 +1100
In answer to Bill Rea's question, I presume Saul forgot to add the words "in
this
particular forum, B-Hebrew" to the end of his comment.
| Saul wrote:-
|
| >This forum is intended for the study of Biblical Hebrew and not religion.
| >Let's keep it like that. The Hebrew Bible should be translated and
| >interpreted in its historical and literary context and not in any other
| >way.
|
| This seems a rather odd sentiment considering what we're discussing.
| How can one do a reasonable job of translating these books, which
| are primarily religious texts, by denying their religious context
| and significance?
|
|
| Bill Rea, Information Technology Dept., Canterbury University \_
| E-Mail b dot rea at it dot canterbury dot ac dot nz </ New
| Phone 64-3-364-2331, Fax 64-3-364-2332 /) Zealand
| Unix Systems Administrator (/'
Best regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)
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