07-08-2008, 02:22 AM
I know this will put me in the minority, but I really appreciate Etheridge and Murdock because they are not Peshitta primacists. Thus they are more unbiased. While this does cause them to miss things, they also catch things that other translators are more likely to mistranslate because of a theological bias.
Please don't take this as an accusation, Mr. Younan, or Mr. Bauscher, or Mr. Roth. I love the translations of the former two and am very much looking forward to the latter's translation. However, I readily admit that when I have translated portions of the TN"K (with my limited skills in Hebrew) I know my theological bias gets in. It's something I think the honest scholar admits about himself. But these two translators had nothing at stake theological and philosophically. So they could be extremely honest in their translations.
Please don't take this as an accusation, Mr. Younan, or Mr. Bauscher, or Mr. Roth. I love the translations of the former two and am very much looking forward to the latter's translation. However, I readily admit that when I have translated portions of the TN"K (with my limited skills in Hebrew) I know my theological bias gets in. It's something I think the honest scholar admits about himself. But these two translators had nothing at stake theological and philosophically. So they could be extremely honest in their translations.