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>On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 [log in to unmask] (Robert Kraft) wrote: >I don't have a copy of any of the more recent Roman Catholic translations >such as the Jerusalem Bible or the New American Version, but I think (from >contacts with Alex DiLella, who has published widely on Sirach) that they >would also reflect similar shifts in terminology. We are in a transition >period, it seems, away from the Latin (Ecclesiasticus) towards the Greek >(Sirach), and should probably be sure to list both options in attempting >to communicate to a general public. FWIW, most current RC liturgical texts also use Sirach, following the Nova Vulgata. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%