Facing Hebrew Translation

Famous quotes containing the words facing, hebrew and/or translation:

    You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?
    Peter De Vries (b. 1910)

    Man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
    —Bible: Hebrew Deuteronomy, 8:3.

    Jesus recalls these words in Matthew 4:4.

    Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information—hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.
    Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)