The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...
Bible scholar Joel Hoffman, author of "And God Said: How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning," told the Rotary Club of Birmingham today that English translations of the Bible's original ...
A ‘gender-sensitive’ translation of the Hebrew Bible has hit digital shelves. Not everyone is happy.
The Revised Jewish Publication Society edition of the Bible uses gender-neutral language when referring to God. (JTA) — A new Bible translation that eschews gendered pronouns for God is now available ...
(RNS) — With an accurate, understandable translation that captures the unique sentence structure, style and syntax of the ancient language, Alter has set a new standard for biblical scholarship. (RNS) ...
Translating the Bible well is not just a matter of making it sound good, but also representing what actually goes on in the Hebrew literary text faithfully and accurately. (Volodymyr Zakharov / iStock ...
“The Catholics have done it; the Protestants have done it; AND NOW THE JEWS ARE GOING TO DO IT!” So began a 1956 solicitation letter for, of all things, a new Jewish translation of the Bible. Fifty ...
“St. Jerome,” from the workshop of Marinus van Reymerswaele. (Erik Cornelius/Sweden Nationalmuseum, via Wikimedia) St. Jerome, whose feast day is Sept. 30, is a giant in the intellectual history of ...
A team of academics is aiming to correct centuries-old errors in the Hebrew Bible, but some are questioning the wisdom of their endeavor. LOS ANGELES (JTA ...
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