[ot] Codex Sinaiticus
The UnInmate
online, both in the original Greek and in select translations. It's supposed
to be here:
But when I tried to click the link to the manuscript I got an error page
that said "too many concurrent connections (> 100.000)." Apparently large
numbers of people want to have their first look at the thing.
LFS
I've had no problem. It's quite enthralling. Pity there is no English
translation of Esther.
--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
The UnInmate
"LFS" <la...@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6etmveF...@mid.individual.net...
I've read a translation of Esther on another website. Quite simply, the
Lament of Esther and the Joy of Esther are far more beautiful than the
overrated Magnificat. I've speculated that the reason Esther was
apocryphized by the Founding Fathers is so that Esther wouldn't show up Mary
in terms of spontaneous song. One can only dream of hearing the Lament and
Joy of Esther sung in their original language or even in Hebrew.
On the other hand, I can't imagine a North American woman under age 90 who
wouldn't choke on her own tongue suppressing laughter at phrases such as
"Esther giveth suck." Thanks to the ubiquity of condoms, most never even
feel semen hit their cervix until they decide to get pregnant around age 30,
and I'm sure the feeling is strange and alien by then. How to explain to a
20-year-old North American woman why Esther would be torn apart inside by
being barren...which such a creature would understand as "She can't get
pregnant. What's the big deal?" So I guess I'm just weird.