"Do not forsake the work of thy hands": Psalm-CXXXVIII,8 - In search of a more accurate translation based on various accepted interpretations and commentaries

Authors
Alonso Schokel, L
Citation
L. Alonso Schokel, "Do not forsake the work of thy hands": Psalm-CXXXVIII,8 - In search of a more accurate translation based on various accepted interpretations and commentaries, SEFARAD, 59(2), 1999, pp. 227-237
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
SEFARAD
ISSN journal
00370894 → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
227 - 237
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-0894(1999)59:2<227:"NFTWO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In this article, the author presents an analysis of the pathetic final vers es of Psalm-138. It includes a detailed study of the verses based upon comm only accepted interpretations of them by various commentarists, and subsequ ently arrives at a new, possibly more accurate translation, one based upon a reading derived from other translations.