From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
Subject: Re: Isaiah does not prophesy Christ, was A Sharp Contrast to the Song of Solomon
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Date: 17 Dec 1992 23:11:33 UTC

In article <parsons.724578759@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> 
parsons@cis.ksu.edu (Scott S Parish ) writes:
>pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
>>In article <BzBDqF.ADG@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> 
>>creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) writes:
>>>   That having been said, as to the Song of Songs "preceding Christ,"
>>>so does the book of Isaiah, but it still prophesies about Christ,
>>>especially around chapter 53.  So what's your point?
>>Only when poorly translated does Isaiah prophesy Christ.
>So, Mr. Harvey, what's the correct translation?  You didn't bother
>to include it in your post, but I assume you have the proper 
>translation in your possession.  Would you mind posting it please?  
>I would like to correct the errors in my edition of the scriptures.

There are a number of verses in question. Which verses do you think prophesy
Jesus Christ, Son of God? Give me your best and I'll post the JPS
translation. What is JPS?
JPS Tanakh - The Holy Scriptures
ISBN: 0-8276-0252-9
"1986 Special Publication Award" - Biblical Archaeology Society
"The first entirely new English version of the Scriptures based on the
original Hebrew text." - New York Times
"Unrivaled as a precise and elegant rendering of the Hebrew text ...
invaluable for both casual Bible readers and serious Bible students."
	- Biblical Archaeology Review
"The strength ... of the new Bible, rendered directly from the Hebrew to
English, is that is ignores the wording of all past Christian
translations and turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable,
contemporary language ..." - TIME Magazine

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On the translation process:
The committee profited much from the work of previous translators; the
present rendering, however, is essentially a new translation. A few of
its characteristics may be noted. The committee undertook to follow
faithfully the traditional Hebrew text, but there were certain points at
which footnotes appeared necessary: 1) where the committee had to admit
that it did not understand a word or passage; 2) where an alternative
rendering was possible; 3) where an old rendering, no longer retained,
was so well known that it would very likely be missed, in which case the
traditional translation was given in the name of "Others"; 4) where the
understanding of a passage could be facilitated by reference to another
passage elsewhere in the Bible; and 5) where important textual variants
are to be found in some of the ancient manuscripts or versions of the
Bible.
The present translation adheres strictly to the traditional Hebrew text,
but where the text remains obscure and an alteration provides marked
clarification, a footnote is offered with a rendering of the suggested
emendation. If the emendation is based on one or two ancient versions,
they are mentioned by name; if more than two versions agree, they are
summed up as "ancient versions." Conjectural emendations are introduced
by "Emendation yields." Sometimes, however, it was deemed sufficient to
offer only a change of vowels, and such modifications are indicated by
"Change of vocalization yields." In all cases, the emendation is given
in a footnote, which may be readily disregarded by those who reject it
on either scholarly or religious grounds. The only exception involves
such changes in grammatical form as those, say, from second person to
third or from singular to plural. In such rare instances, the change is
incorporated in the text, and the traditional Hebrew is translated in a
footnote.

The translators:
Torah and Nevi'im:
Max Arzt, Benard J. Bamberger, Harry Freedman, H.L. Ginsberg, Solomon
Grayzel, Harry M. Orlinsky, Ephraim A. Speiser.
Kethuvim:
Moshe Greenberg, Jonas C. Greenfield, Saul Leeman, Chaim Potok, Martin
S. Rozenberg, Nahum M. Sarna, David Shapiro.
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