tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142267147565207978.post9023244811362512163..comments2023-11-05T07:37:53.634-05:00Comments on A Momentary Taste of Being: I Just Need to Say that I'm Not SurprisedStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142267147565207978.post-78172109644994541352011-03-03T08:27:13.284-05:002011-03-03T08:27:13.284-05:00Dear Dylan,
Yes, it is ear- and heart-crippling--...Dear Dylan,<br /><br />Yes, it is ear- and heart-crippling--a leaden thunder of a translation with no edge of the transcendent. As you note, I prefer to read almost any translation, or for that matter paraphrase. If there were not already enough to drive people away from the faith, this one work might prove sufficient.<br /><br />shalom,<br /><br />StevenStevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520240994034904255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142267147565207978.post-62202797765646624232011-03-03T08:16:18.645-05:002011-03-03T08:16:18.645-05:00Steven, I'm inclined to think that almost ANY ...Steven, I'm inclined to think that almost ANY translation -- RSV, KJV, Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine (1954), Msgr Ronald Knox, the Douay-Rheims, any translation -- would be better than the collection of cacophonies that is the New American Bible. I mean, "Learn from the way the wild flowers grow" for "Consider the lilies of the field." What the ...?Thomas Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217297262702709978noreply@blogger.com