Donald Traxler's Poetry

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

I was very happy when this arrived in the mail today. I hadn't had a JPS Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) since the compact edition (with print too small for these old eyes) had to be left behind in Uruguay. I did (and do) have a Koren edition, but I prefer this JPS one, for several reasons. It's a nice, large volume, and I can read the print. It also uses a clearer Hebrew font than the somewhat decorative one of the Koren publication. It gives variant readings and their sources. Best of all, though, when the translators cannot be sure of the meaning of a word they include a page note, saying "Meaning of Heb. uncertain. . . " I haven't found such honesty in any other translation.