tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post2724608041362445923..comments2022-12-24T09:15:11.761-06:00Comments on B.E. Blogging: Brothers and OthersLarry Kaufmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249112600227823774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post-84229240191818253652010-10-14T07:34:17.387-05:002010-10-14T07:34:17.387-05:00Interestingly, I made different matches.
I had the...Interestingly, I made different matches.<br />I had the two men in the middle (who happen to be Ben and Jerry, the ice cream mavens) as Partners, the costumed figures as the Pair and the musicians as Other. We saw the three lads and soldiers in the same way. <br />I'm not sure what that says about us as individuals, but it does remind me that we all see differently, which certainly impacts how we might translate words, especially over centuries!Ellen Blum Barishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990834840808719514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961330773005291297.post-16682784573041383712010-10-14T00:20:55.351-05:002010-10-14T00:20:55.351-05:00I'll go with the musicians as the partners, th...I'll go with the musicians as the partners, the soldiers as the comrades, the three lads at the Kotel as the brothers, the two men in the middle picture as a pair. That leaves the two costumed figures at the bottom as Other -- especially since they look as if they could also be sisters. <br /><br />If the matches you made are different from mine, does that say anything about you, about me, or about the pictures? I start, in my word sensitivity, in wondering whether or if the Orthodox reading of Art Scroll will be different from the feminist reading of the Women's Commentary or the Reform reading in Plaut. In your Potiphar example, I accept your suggestion that if might not make a difference how we translate an ambiguous title. But there's no ambiguity inherent in my Simeon/Levi example -- the ambiguity was totally introduced by the contemporary translators. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm sorry I had to miss the discussion last Friday, but I hope to be at Torah class this week, armed again with Art Scroll.Larry Kaufmannoreply@blogger.com