Clark Biblical Scholar Logs 60,000 Miles in Sabbatical Lecture Tour
Friday, October 10, 2014
During Fox’s trip, he addressed diverse audiences at universities, conferences, synagogues and study groups, where he focused on the challenges and issues involved in translating ancient Hebrew texts into modern English.
“It was stimulating to be with different audiences from different backgrounds and cultures,” said Fox. “People bring with them varied assumptions and experiences. Many of them have used my work over the years in their study groups.”
Fox intends on resuming his travels with a trip to England in December. Until then, the author of “The Five Books of Moses” will undertake a U. S. book tour promoting his new volume of translation, “The Early Prophets” (the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings), scheduled for publication by Schocken Books on November 4.
“Among the stories that particularly engaged people were David and Bathsheba, and Samson and Delilah. They’re human interest stories, and also talk about the problems of leadership,” said Fox. “Audiences also had questions about the historicity of the Bible and issues of interpretation. Is the Bible true? Is there one way to read a text, or are there multiple ways? These are things I often address in my teaching at Clark.”
Everett Fox is author of “The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy” (Schocken Books, 1995), and “Give Us a King! Samuel, Saul, and David” (Schocken Books, 1999), a translation of the book of Samuel. He is interested in how the Bible has been transformed at each stage by generations of Israelites, Jews, and Christians, and teaches courses in which texts serve as windows to the attitudes and concerns of Jews through the ages
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