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July 5, 2024

A New Hebrew Bible Translation Forsakes Elegance and Accuracy for Gender-Neutral Language

“Psalm 78 contains 25 awkward uses of ‘[God]’ in square brackets to avoid writing ‘He.’”

Last year, the Jewish Publication Society released a revised, “Gender-Sensitive Edition” of the Tanakh (RJPS) meant to update or replace its widely used 1985 new edition (NJPS). Martin Lockshin acknowledges that this new approach yields some reasonable or even felicitous results, but points to many that are neither:

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July 5, 2024

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