Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] And Samuel turned back after Saul: the meaning of 1 Samuel 31
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:02:35 +1000
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