The Bible is both the world’s all-time bestselling book and the most retranslated, reflecting centuries of evolution of language and shifts – often subtle – in interpretation.
No modern-day figure has contributed more to our understanding and appreciation of the sacred text than the University of California’s Robert Alter, who devoted 23 years to an acclaimed new translation of the Hebrew Bible released in 2018. In a special Library event, he discusses that work, the significant implications from even the tiniest alterations to biblical texts, and his push to look beyond the 17th-century King James Version and give closer study to the Hebrew Bible.
The New Reform Temple is one of the sponsors for this event at the Plaza Library Branch, 4801 Main Street on Thursday, February 16 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP online at https://kclibrary.org/signature-events/challenge-translating-bible.
The Bible is both the world’s all-time bestselling book and the most retranslated, reflecting centuries of evolution of language and shifts – often subtle – in interpretation.
No modern-day figure has contributed more to our understanding and appreciation of the sacred text than the University of California’s Robert Alter, who devoted 23 years to an acclaimed new translation of the Hebrew Bible released in 2018. In a special Library event, he discusses that work, the significant implications from even the tiniest alterations to biblical texts, and his push to look beyond the 17th-century King James Version and give closer study to the Hebrew Bible.
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