re: selling greek

From: D. Peterson (harpbard@deltainet.com)
Date: Sat Mar 16 1996 - 19:32:58 EST


One of the rabbis said:

"Reading scripture in translation is like kissing your bride through a veil."

I have filed the serial numbers off that and made it slightly less sexist,
but I think it expresses the concept quite pithily.

+++ Douglas C. Peterson, MD harpbard@deltainet.com +++
"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they
     understand everything too soon." - Alexander Pope



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