The Five Books of Moses
by Everett Fox · first published 1996
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Since the article is kind of shallow, here are a few atypical approaches to Biblical translation I’ve found interesting over the years: • The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox, who attempts to retain in English the underlying poetry of the Hebrew like alliteration, meter, wordplay, and so on. (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/55160/the-five-book...)…
on “Translating the Bible is a vexed task” ↗Yes! In that vein, The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter[1] is great for folks who want to get a better sense of what the original Hebrew might feel like rendered in English. [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Books-Moses-Translation-Commenta...
on “Seven books I keep close because I love them” ↗I would love to talk about that more. It's been a long time since I have read the Old Testament. I meant to buy the "Five Books of Moses" translation a few years back.
on “Calling Yourself ‘Humbled’ Doesn’t Sound as Humble as It Used To” ↗> often Exodus goes from narrative to descriptions of genealogy tree in modern translations I think you were emphasizing something beside this, but if you want to know _why_ the five Books of Moses often jump suddenly into genealogy or minutiae of interest only to priests, you might be interested in the Documentary Hypothesis. Friedman's "Who Wrote the Bible?" is an approachable introduction to…
on “Seven books I keep close because I love them” ↗