Jim West

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In a very careful study Kraus describes the Hebrew text of Genesis 1-4, its LXX rendition, how Jerome and the Latin Vulgate render the text, and how the passage is translated in German (by Luther) in English (by Tyndale) and by the Dutch State Translation. In this monograph, though, Kraus is not merely concerned with the Hebrew text and its rendition in various languages: she is interested in how the relationship between male and female are translated. Consequently, though the title of the book would lead readers to presume she investigates the entire span of Gen 1-4 in fact she focuses more narrowly on 1,16-28; 2,7.9.15-17, 2,18-25; 3,1-13; 3,14-24, and 4,1-2.17.25. As she states her purpose, “The questions that I shall address mainly concern variations between the Hebrew text and these translations and what they may reveal about the translators’ understanding of women, their role in the male-female relationship, and their place in society” (p. 1). Kraus sets the stage for her study by offering preliminary observations on the problem of translation. Her explication of the Hebrew text follows and is meticulous and tremendously done. Of the relationship between men and women from the point of view of the author “... we have here a relatively “innocent” androcentrism that somehow seems to be an essential part of the narrative” (p. 38) she says.

... Michael E. Stone Jerusalem Erev Yom Kippur, 5770 x ... these later orthodoxies were established, of necessity they viewed the earlier ages through the prism or spectacles of ... At least, Mesopotamian libraries like Ashurbanipal's and ap-parently the great library of Alexandria were ...

Martha Himmelfarb is William Danforth Professor of Religion at Princeton University in the United States. As a scholar of religion, however, she is not necessarily equipped to offer insight into biblical themes like Apocalyptic literature. And in this volume she ...

... Thomas H. Trapp Professor of Religion and Theology, Concordia University Pastor of Emmaus Lutheran Church, St. ... Zeitung FC Fathers of the Church FGNK Forschungen zur Geschichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons und der altchristlichen Literatur, T. Zahn, 10 vols, in 11 ...

... Erica A. Mathieson Erica Mathieson has been the Rector of Holy Cross Anglican Church, Hackett, in the Australian Capital Territory, since 2008. ... resource of: John F. Oates, Roger S. Bagnall, Sarah J. Clackson, Alexandra A. O'Brien, Joshua D. Sosin, Terry G. Wilfong, and Klaas ...