Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, jerry.shepherd AT taylor-edu.ca
Subject: Re: FW: [b-hebrew] Re: paraphrases, etc
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:30:18 -0500
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.