A Feast of Good Books

A Feast of Good Books

Much the opposite strategy will set apart U.C.-Berkeley scholar Robert Alter's translation for Norton, The Five Books of Moses (Sept.). Making the Torah "easy to read" may achieve that, but Alter's editor, Steve Forman, pointed out that the Pentateuch is full of "intentional...

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Veröffentlicht in:Publishers Weekly 2004-10, Vol.251 (41), p.28
1. Verfasser: Klinghoffer, David
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Book industry
Christianity
Moses ben Nahman (1194-1270)
New Testament
Publishing industry
Religion
Sacred texts
Spirituality
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Zusammenfassung:Much the opposite strategy will set apart U.C.-Berkeley scholar Robert Alter's translation for Norton, The Five Books of Moses (Sept.). Making the Torah "easy to read" may achieve that, but Alter's editor, Steve Forman, pointed out that the Pentateuch is full of "intentional nuance, intentional ambiguity." Translations that aim for ease of comprehension "obscure the ambiguity and nuance of the ancient Hebrew," said Forman.
ISSN:0000-0019
2150-4008