Gogo jili casino Login register,Recharge Every day and Get Bonus up-to 50%! https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:14:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2345 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:14:22 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2345 Don’t get me wrong—I’m not advocating a fundamentalist reading. The whole reason I treat the Bible this way is my Catholic belief that the text’s authority comes from the tradition of interpretation, not the other way around. Therefore I’m not sure I have a “problem” with inclusive language—this is, after all, the translation that I choose to use. But I do think it is worth reminding ourselves that we are adapting an ancient text to very modern purposes.

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By: Brian K https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:41:20 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2333 Humm…had he not recently passed away, I tend to think Bruce Metzger would have disagreed with you (and a whole lot of other biblical scholars who worked on that translation, not to mention many others who have praised the translation since its release in 1989).
I find it interesting that you have a problem with inclusive language, even where appropriate in the scriptures.
Might I suggest reading “Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism” by the Rt. Rev. John S. Spong, now retired Bishop of Newark, NJ (Episcopal), as well as the more recent “Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why” by Bart Ehrman.

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By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2238 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:39:53 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2238 Yeah, I guess two in one week is overkill. Me going after the NRSV is like teasing that old friend. It’s just that, when you look at the footnotes (the ones for the translation, not the Oxford annotations in my copy), it is quite clear how often, in the choice between two possible readings of the original, the translators always pick the most politically correct and palatable. Sometimes it seems like they go a little too far. Not to mention the fact that, throughout, “inclusive language” is used (instead of “brothers,” “brothers and sisters,” etc.), which I think it is fair to say often amounts to putting words in the mouth of the text.

Both of these essays on exegesis have been about the experience of perhaps wanting the Bible to say something different than it does. When that is the urge, the NRSV, in a way, makes it seem so easy. Now I realize that what they do must have behind it all the weight of the most august scholarship. But you can’t help feeling that something fishy is going on too.

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By: Brian K https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:59:51 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2234 This is the second time within the last week that you have made degrading remarks about the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. What is your problem with it?

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By: Nathan https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2212 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:33:52 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2212 Yes, very wise, very sensible!

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By: jake https://www.lelandquarterly.com/2009/04/how-to-give-alms/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:03:23 +0000 https://www.therowboat.com/?p=681#comment-2208 I remember being taught that tzedakah, basically alms for jews, is a mitzvah, but there are three ways to do it. 1 Giving to get something or because you’re told to 2 Giving to feel good oneself, and 3 giving just because, and with no one ever keeping tabs (i think of this one as muscle memory giving). And that the virtue to each of those ascends in that order. But I think it’s healthy to have a spread of all three.

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