tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post2574726382825866246..comments2023-10-30T08:40:59.016-04:00Comments on Wolfish Musings: Artscroll's Shir HaShirim TranslationBrooklynWolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-87643025602176584242007-04-20T13:47:00.000-04:002007-04-20T13:47:00.000-04:00Surprising myself, I find myself sympathetic to Ar...Surprising myself, I find myself sympathetic to Artscroll's decision. This is because I remember how as a middle-schooler I eagerly scanned an English translation of Shir Hashirim for its erotic fascination.<BR/><BR/>It also avoids awkward questions by eight year olds at the Shabbos table. "Mommy, why is the man climbing up the woman's breasts?"Yaacov David Shulmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09723427580656200130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-88997459578344087882007-04-16T13:45:00.000-04:002007-04-16T13:45:00.000-04:00I daven in a sephardi shul. We sing Shir Hashirim ...I daven in a sephardi shul. We sing Shir Hashirim every friday night. I firmly expect any sons I may have to have it memorized by the time they are Bar MitzvahZach Kessinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276155117746098546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-73133306762957632042007-04-15T18:11:00.000-04:002007-04-15T18:11:00.000-04:00Anyone who thinks Artscroll is the be-all and end-...Anyone who thinks Artscroll is the be-all and end-all of scholarly work relating to the Biblical texts is sadly unenlightened. Artscroll exists in a vacuum. Read contemporary "secular" scholarly literature and you'd be amazed.Nice Jewish Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143569412761938449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-10987557471266108432007-04-15T15:54:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:54:00.000-04:00artscroll is part of this establishment that deci...artscroll is part of this establishment that decides what is and what isn't appropriate for us to read regardless of what the literal interpertation is .if you look for example in "yehoshua" by the story of the spies and the prostitute in the literal interpation of the word "zonah" artscroll has "innkeeper" as opposed to prostitute-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com