Response ·
The Mind and Man Behind Philologos
By Hillel Halkin, Jonathan Silver, Andrew KossCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Translation
Latest Mosaic Content for Translation
Observation ·
Did God Give Moses Ten Sayings, Ten Commandments, or Just Ten Things?
By PhilologosNeither Jewish nor Christian traditions call the Decalogue by its biblical name, but the phrases they choose reveal something about their different approaches to divine law.
Observation ·
How Well Does My Computer Translate Hebrew?
By PhilologosIn the end, one doesn’t know what to be struck by more: the fact that a computer can translate Hebrew at all, or the fact that when it does, it does so atrociously.
Observation ·
Why the Bible Uses the Word “And” So Much
By PhilologosThe Hebrew of the Bible has many more and s than does modern English prose, a feature that's surprisingly crucial to its literary power.
Response ·
Is the Alter Bible Jewish, in Some Definable Sense?
By Leonard GreenspoonCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
Monthly Essay ·
How to Judge Robert Alter’s Landmark Translation of the Hebrew Bible
By Hillel HalkinFinished after decades of labor, this one-man English translation is a stupendous achievement. How does it hold up against the masterpieces (and follies) that have come before?
Observation ·
Why the King James Version of the Bible Remains the Best
By PhilologosThe 400-year-old translation is denigrated because of its archaic language. That's one of its greatest strengths.
Observation ·
Thomas Hardy in Judea
By Atar HadariWhy we read the book of Ruth on Shavuot.
Observation ·
The Love of Their Youth
By Atar HadariThe Song of Songs and the old men, filled with longing, who sing it.
