Word: hebrew
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...world - was deemed so despicable that those who left were viewed as near traitors. But emigration is now so commonplace that the stigma is fading. Says Hebrew University Freshman Ayala Broide, 22: "For me, it's good in Israel, but there are those who want an easier life. If Israelis want to emigrate and live abroad, I don't see why they shouldn't." Israel's young can be more flexible than their elders on other issues, too, and are both questioning and speaking out on them. Yael Maschler, 22, a mathematics and linguistics major...
...message carries similar, although more measured, validity. Teague has gone out of her way to add references and touches that attempt to include Jews among the believers to whom the musical appeals (as much as any about the life of Christ can), having Gifford speak a benediction in Hebrew, for instance...
...American Standard Bible (1971, 14 million sold, $13.95). This update of the King James rigidly follows the original Hebrew and Greek syntax (". . . Then entered in therefore the other disciple also"), and because of this became a surprise bestseller among studious conservatives. But as literature, it is strictly beaverboard, and so does not justify its title as a "standard Bible...
...because it was the first British Bible to break completely with the King James tradition, the N.E.B. made some radical changes in an attempt to produce a clear, contemporary-sounding text with literary quality. The editors even shuffled some of the verses. More important, when the meaning of the Hebrew words was obscure, the N.E.B. construed new interpretations based on cognate words in other ancient Semitic languages, which are considered unacceptable by many experts. The results can be bewildering. In the opening of the Song of Solomon, the bride wishes to find her love so that...
...Living Bible (1971, Tyndale House, 25 million sold, $7.95). Kenneth Taylor, former editor of Chicago's Moody Press, began this biblical rewrite because the King James perplexed his children. Taylor knows neither Greek nor Hebrew, but checked his work with experts. The result is a vastly popular, very interpretative, always readable paraphrase. The Living Bible is sometimes pretty breezy ("It was Herod's birthday and he gave a stag party"-Mark 6:21) or shocking ("You son of a bitch!"-Saul to Jonathan in 1 Samuel 20: 30-changed to "You fool!" in recent printings). Scholars, including some...