Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The art of biblical translation: Modern translators and their tin-ear to the literature of the Hebrew Bible

Translating the Bible well is not just a matter of making it sound good, but also representing what actually goes on in the Hebrew literary text faithfully and accurately. (Volodymyr Zakharov / iStock ...
Artnet

A 1,100-Year-Old Hebrew Bible, Missing Only a Few Chapters of Genesis, Could Fetch Up to $50 Million at Auction

In the context of the 9th century, the biblical text was an expensive undertaking requiring well over 100 animal skins, 400 sheets of parchment, and countless hours of labor as an expert scribe ...
The Forward

From Hebrew to… Hebrew

For a while now I’ve been hearing about a new translation of the Hebrew Bible, called Tanach Ram. (Tanakh, of course, is Hebrew for “Bible,” an acronym composed of Torah, the Five Books of Moses; Nevi ...
Brandeis University

Daughters in Danger, from the Hebrew Bible to Modern Midrash

Rabbi Rachel Adelman, Hebrew College Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and HBI Research Associate, has completed a manuscript, "Dangers in Danger from the Hebrew Bible to Modern Midrash" ...
Reuters

World's oldest Hebrew Bible could fetch up to $50 million at auction

NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible will go on display in London next week before an auction in May where it could sell for up to $50 million, Sotheby's said ...