10-23-2008, 02:05 AM
sean Wrote:Which bible would you recommend for the old testament than other than lamsa?
At the moment I cannot read aramaic, thank you.
The JPS Tanakh is the best that I've encountered. The translation was completed by some of the foremost Hebrew scholars, and was overseen by an Orthodox Rabbi, a Reform Rabbi, and a Conservative Rabbi, as to avoid sectarian bias. The footnotes explain where passages are unclear, and where the Masoretic disagrees with the Septuagint. It's easy to read and fairly accurate.
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