On 7/6/05 10:34 PM, "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <threetreepoint AT earthlink.net>We should bear in mind that de Regt is not a mother tongue speaker of English - although he speaks English very well. (I have met him several years ago, but I have not read his paper - I would be interested in a copy.) So we should not expect him to suggest good readings in English.
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Two questions come to mind. Alter's stated purpose includes "... stylistic and
rhythmic integrity as literary English". I don't think "With God Noah walked"
meets this criteria. L. de Reqt is suggesting that "With God Noah walked"
reflects the information structure of the Hebrew Text placing the focus
element up front. But I don't think this is how English would handle this. In
English the focus element is often marked by vocal emphasis and it can be
clause final.
I have already thought of the first objection that will be raised. What de
Reqt wants to see is *contrastive* focus information structure in the
English translation. I don't see (it's late!) how "With God Noah walked"
accomplishes this. I think to bring out the contrastive focus a paraphrase
would probably be required.
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