Hi all.
I read somewhere recently, and i cant remember if it was here on HP or elsewhere, that there was a new translation of the Torah available and that it was much better than previous ones....
I cant remember where I saw it or what it was called!
Can anyone help out?
I need as-close-to-unblemished a translation as possible (I'll even consider learning Hebrew so as not to lose out! but that idea makes my brain ache :)) This is for some research im doing for a workshop im working on.
Also, if anyone can point me in the direction of a REALLY good kabbalah book, im also interested
many many thanks in advance
Magpie
RE: Torah and Kabbalah
Hi Magpie, i found this book at Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/202-3371715-9355050
RE: Torah and Kabbalah
Hi Angel Light,
Can you post the name of the book, since i get an error when i follow your link (Amazon does that if you were logged in as yourself when you found it)
Thanks for posting a reply!
Im really keen to find good works on these topics...
Magpie
RE: Torah and Kabbalah
Ok Magpie, sorry about that here you are~
The Living Torah the Five Books of Moses: A New Translation Based on Traditional Jewish Sources, With Notes, Introduction, Maps, Tables, Charts, Bibliography and Index.
By Aryeh Kaplan
£67.95
Also i found this one ~
The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
By Robert Alter
£23.55
Reviews
Synopsis
Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship, Robert Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of The Five Books. Alter's translation recovers the mesmerising effect of these ancient stories - the profound and haunting enigmas, the ambiguities of motive and image, and the distinctive cadences and lovely precision of the Hebrew text. Alter's translation conveys the music and the meaning of the Hebrew text in a lyrical, lucid English. His commentary illuminates it with learned insight and reflection on its literary and historical dimensions.
Hope that helps you;)
RE: Torah and Kabbalah
they are not the ones i remember, but they sound better!
thanks Angel Light!:)
Have you, or anyone else, read them? got any comments?
(£70 is a lot, but sounds like you get a lot with it)
Magpie