rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo) (02/11/85)
The cover article of the February 1985 issue of The Atlantic magazine is Barry Hoberman, "Translating the Bible", pp. 43-58, with illus- trations by Edward Sorel It's only about English language translation, & is mainly taken up with the production of RSV, the Revised Standard Edtion, whose main source is the King James Version. However, RSV's editorial committee includes Catholics, Orthodox, & Jews, as well as Protestants. It also discusses the National Council of Churches' INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE LECTIONARY, which offers fairly gender-blind biblical texts that attempt to redress the male-dominated language of scripture. Thus other important projects, like Judaic editions of scripture or Catholic research (ie, the Jerusalem Bible) get short shrift. Still, the article's very informative, especially for those of us who know little about scripture translation. Regards, Ron Rizzo