[Milton-L] another version of Adam and Eve

[gilliaca at jmu.edu]

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>   I checked with Robert Alter (ad fontes!), and it
>   turns out Crumb did indeed arrange to use Alter's
>   translation, with the proviso that he could revert
>   to the KJV when he wished. For some reason known
>   only to them (or not) the New Yorker printed the
>   text unattributed. I've written them a brief note
>   querying this.
>    
>   All that said, I still look forward to seeing the
>   rest of Crumb's work, and I'm glad everything is
>   above board between him and Alter.
>    

Thanks for this good work, and I also look forward to the rest of the enterprise.

C


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>   Hannibal
>
>   On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 11:10 AM, <gilliaca at jmu.edu>
>   wrote:
>
>     .>From: Hannibal Hamlin. .
>     >    
>     >   All this seems fine to me; I'm only puzzled
>     at the
>     >   lack of credit to Alter.
>
>     After reading your post, I hauled out my copy of
>     Alter, and you are right.  Why don't you write to
>     t he new Yorker and ask?  I wonder how many other
>     readers caught that?
>     C
>     Cynthia A. Gilliatt
>     English Department, JMU, ret.
>     JMU Safe Zones supporter
>     "You have made God in your own image when God
>     hates the same people you hate." Fr. John Weston
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"You have made God in your own image when God hates the same people you hate." Fr. John Weston