Papers by Jayadvaita Swami
This English rendering of the full text of Ecclesiastes is mainly an updating of the version publ... more This English rendering of the full text of Ecclesiastes is mainly an updating of the version published in 1917 by the Jewish Publication Society. My main purpose has been to modernize the English. Sometimes, however, I have preferred an alternative wording or an alternative meaning backed by reliable commentators.
The text is available for use under the broadest Creative Commons license. A docx file is also available.
Cruxes like “the notorious olam” (3:11), the king and the field (5:9), and “the wicked buried” (and what else goes on in 8:10) are left to the commentary.
I do not argue that this English rendering is superior to others. I have merely tried to provide a serviceable rendering, and without undue spin.
Because my own training lies in works from Sanskrit traditions, for questionable points in the text I have relied on the Hebrew expertise of others.
Comments and criticisms are warmly welcomed.
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This is my own updated version of the translation published in 1917 by the Jewish Publication Soc... more This is my own updated version of the translation published in 1917 by the Jewish Publication Society. Published under a Creative Commons license, the VK version is free for you to use or adapt. In the docx format (as used by MS--Word), the text is easy to copy or edit.
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The text is available for use under the broadest Creative Commons license. A docx file is also available.
Cruxes like “the notorious olam” (3:11), the king and the field (5:9), and “the wicked buried” (and what else goes on in 8:10) are left to the commentary.
I do not argue that this English rendering is superior to others. I have merely tried to provide a serviceable rendering, and without undue spin.
Because my own training lies in works from Sanskrit traditions, for questionable points in the text I have relied on the Hebrew expertise of others.
Comments and criticisms are warmly welcomed.
Books by Jayadvaita Swami
The text is available for use under the broadest Creative Commons license. A docx file is also available.
Cruxes like “the notorious olam” (3:11), the king and the field (5:9), and “the wicked buried” (and what else goes on in 8:10) are left to the commentary.
I do not argue that this English rendering is superior to others. I have merely tried to provide a serviceable rendering, and without undue spin.
Because my own training lies in works from Sanskrit traditions, for questionable points in the text I have relied on the Hebrew expertise of others.
Comments and criticisms are warmly welcomed.