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Prophetic Truth for.Today By John E. Dcthlin
in translations of the Scriptures we look to other considerations as well. There is no question that the trans lators have mixed a heavy amount of commentary with the rendering of the text. Some decisions will strike the reader as decidedly arbitrary, such as the elimination of spirit and soul. Too, there is a studied avoidance of any thing that may appear as favoring the trinitarian position. Notice the rendering of Genesis 1:26 with foot note of that page, but it does not agree with the translation in 3:22. Mark the manner in which Genesis 3:15, 12:3, and especially 49:10 are treated. In Exodus 3:14 some decision should be made for translation instead of relegating i t ' to the margin. In Deuteronomy 33:14-16 there are dif ferent translations of the five usages of the Hebrew word. Leviticus 23:23 gives us “ loud blasts” but it is not indicated of what kind or source. Is “practice self-denial” an adequate ren dering of the verb in Leviticus 23:27? Much has been heard of the transla tion of Exodus 20:7. Is it an improve ment or a new find? Neither. It has always been given in lexicons as a possibility (see footnote b-b), but if rendered thus, it adds nothing to what is stated later in the ninth command ment. The Jewish Publication Society’s translation of 1917 is much more con servative and defensible than that of 1963. The latter is far more anti- Messianic, anti-trinitarian, and even anti-traditional (see Genesis 1:1). 393 pages; cloth; The Jewish Pub lication Society of America, Philadel phia; $5.00. — Reviewed by Dr. Charles L. Feinberg. Using the Hebrew form of the name Mary, the author presents here the Biblical background as revealed in the Gospels, and the Roman Cath olic perversion of the life of the moth er of Jesus. The Gospel material is far less than one could wish, and extra-Biblical material is almost en tirely legendary. From the Old Testa ment Apocrypha and Talmudic sourc es much can be gleaned as to the Miriam, the Virgin of Nazareth by Victor Buksbazen
Dr. William Culbertson, President of Moody Bible Institute, says of this book in the introduction that it “ ad heres to what may be called the classical fundamentalist position on eschatology; it is premillennial. More than that, it is dispensational and pre-tribulational.” These are the cri teria that a great many look for in a work on prophecy. In order to pro vide this, an author must restate what many have written before on these themes, and he need do little more if he does this well. This is both good and bad. Ihe validity of the prophetic word is set forth in the first chapter, its indispensability in the second. The- present world situation is handled in the third. The Jews and Gentiles in prophecy occupy three chapters. The church, the rapture, Christ’s return, the end of the age, the judgments, latter-day delusions, the millennium, even neo-orthodoxy and ecumenical- ism are discussed. The treatment is a very compre hensive, though brief, survey of these various subjects. It would make a good introduction to the study of prophecy. There is a bibliography of significant works on the more popu lar level. If the book had been devoted to an examination in depth of some one or two issues, and these related to current scholarly literature on the subjects by way of careful exegetical and apologetic engagement, it would have gained a good deal more stature and been of more permanent value. — 185 pages; cloth; Beacon Publica tions, Minneapolis; $3.45. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses The Jewish Publication Society of America Version The public has been repeatedly alerted that this is “ one of the most significant publishing events of our time.” There is no denying the schol arly competence of those who have given us this translation. As to format and typography it is a thing of beauty and a delight to the eye. But
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