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Setting the record straight
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Shlama Khati Christina and Akhi Paul,

Thank you both for your correspondences of support. It helps a lot. I have forwarded these to my publisher and editor. The whole thing is quite shocking, as I stated, because these works are public domain and besides which, it takes genuine Aramaic understanding to produce the expanded footnotes, essays (350 pages+) and my own readings. As I say in the rebuttal, why would I do all this extra work for the unique features of AENT if I were just copying and pasting? It doesn't make sense. It would be one thing if I didn't put PY for Paul Younan's notes and JM for James Murdock but the proof is there. I proofed these resources, added my own and did so openly and universally.

I have always told folks what I was doing. Albion had AENT Matthew for 3 months and was on this forum for 4 years prior, so he knew how both my version and Paul's read.

I was particularly happy with Akhan Paul's explanation about how the Peshitta belongs to everybody. Also, in these attacks no one has really challenged what I wrote directly from a linguistics view but they are using the plagiarism charge as cover for what they cannot do in the light of day. If Bauscher could prove his skills in Aramaic superior to mine, I think he would have done so. As for Albion and Ryan, these people praised my linguistic skills to the sky well before AENT came out and I don't think I have forgotten what I knew back then.

Let's call a spade a spade here--Bauscher's attacks must be viewed as theologically and perhaps racially motivated. He has made no secret of those feelings while he was here and his current behavior proves this remains true.

Khati Christina, I wish you well in your Scripture project. I have Brenton's work and use it a lot. And folks, you can count on me doing this type of thing with MATARA and with the second edition of AENT. I say that clearly here so there is no chance for misunderstanding.

2nd edition of AENT will have the expected corrections, but I am also trying to see how much of Gwynn, Etheridge, CC Torrey and William Norton I can put into it, with proper attribution of course. If it doesn't all get done in the 2nd ed, I will try to do it later.

Why do I do this? Because I am trying to serve my readers. Sure Albion may lament that he has Murdock or this or that, but I am trying to put the best of Peshitta scholarship IN ONE VOLUME, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE FUNDS OR THE PATIENCE TO TOGGLE BETWEEN 6 BOOKS ON TRANSLATION AND DOZENS OF OTHERS ON NAZARENE HISTORY AND HALACHA. That has been the point all along. It was not to save work. If that were the case I could have produced AENT much sooner. It was to sift through Murdock, Younan, Lamsa, Etheridge and relate it to my own research.

MATARA will do the same thing. The Torah-Targums are adapted from Etheridge--PUBLIC DOMAIN. Other Targums, including those here, are also public domain. I will translate also and I use 1901 American Standard as base text, with hundreds of footnotes that ALL MINE and derived from MY HEBREW KNOWLEDGE which cannot be faked.

And for the record, the same is true of my previous 3 books. Just look at when I quote Lamsa and say "cross-referenced by AGR" in RQ 1 and 2. Cross-referencing means I looked at their readings, looked at the Aramaic, and either agreed or disagreed with what they said and discuss my reasoning either way. Again, this is THREE TIMES the work of regular translating, and done for the benefit of the reader.

That has been the situation all along. I have never wavered, never said anything differently. Let this be the LAST TIME I need to explain this.
Shlama w'burkate
Andrew Gabriel Roth


Messages In This Thread
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 04-30-2009, 07:30 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 04-30-2009, 05:08 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 04-30-2009, 06:57 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Andrew Gabriel Roth - 04-30-2009, 07:54 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Thirdwoe - 05-01-2009, 05:18 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-01-2009, 04:03 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 05-01-2009, 04:34 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-01-2009, 07:12 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 01:28 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 05-02-2009, 10:47 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-02-2009, 03:37 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 04:07 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 04:32 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-02-2009, 05:02 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 06:34 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Thirdwoe - 05-02-2009, 07:39 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 09:45 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-02-2009, 09:52 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-03-2009, 02:45 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-03-2009, 02:58 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-03-2009, 03:03 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-03-2009, 03:21 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-03-2009, 03:48 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 05-03-2009, 02:10 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 03:46 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 04:16 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 04:21 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-03-2009, 04:23 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 07:03 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-03-2009, 07:23 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 07:42 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-03-2009, 08:18 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 05-03-2009, 08:24 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-03-2009, 09:13 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-04-2009, 04:19 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-04-2009, 04:42 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by judge - 05-04-2009, 11:53 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 05-04-2009, 02:13 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-04-2009, 07:11 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-04-2009, 09:17 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-04-2009, 09:50 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by judge - 05-05-2009, 06:46 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by judge - 05-05-2009, 07:28 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Paul Younan - 05-05-2009, 02:30 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Burning one - 05-05-2009, 09:17 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by judge - 05-05-2009, 10:16 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-05-2009, 10:29 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 05-05-2009, 11:10 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by enarxe - 05-06-2009, 12:03 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by judge - 05-06-2009, 02:57 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Burning one - 05-06-2009, 05:33 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 09-13-2009, 09:44 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 09-14-2009, 03:12 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Burning one - 09-14-2009, 06:20 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Dawid - 09-14-2009, 11:20 AM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 09-14-2009, 03:33 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by gbausc - 09-14-2009, 05:15 PM
Re: Setting the record straight - by Christina - 09-14-2009, 07:02 PM

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