At 08:44 AM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
All very intersting, but my question was, why the translators took such a
general term as "cow" and translated it as the more narrow "heifer". Did
they have any reason to think that this particular cow was special in any
way, besides its color?
Yigal
Isn't a heifer a virgin? And if so, it seems there would be significant reasons for suggesting that this special cow was even more special. Now forgive me - because I'm not a farmer- if I'm wrong about the virgin cow thing.
Jim
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.