ATD at the Frankfurter Buchmesse

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Coming from a long line of Jewish atheists, I've never had the stomach to read The New Testament.  I've read sections of The Old Testament for an anthropology class and to alleviate boredom during the occasional bar mitzvah service.  Also, I saw the cheesy movie The Bible, but I guess that only covers the OT anyway.  I'd hate to think that reading Pynchon requires a heavy grounding in the Bible.

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 12, 2006 11:41 AM
>To: monropolitan at yahoo.com, ioannissevastianos at yahoo.gr, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: ATD at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
>
>Yeah, if it refers to the Bible that should influence the translation of the 
>title, as in some language the phrase 'against the day' doesn' t sound good. 
>But there are several phrases 'against the day' phrases, so which one to 
>choose?
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>"against the day of my burying" John 12-7 (I wouldn't like this one as a 
>title)
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>"agaisnt the day of  judgment and perdition" 2 Peter 3-7 (like this better)
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>"against the day of battle and war?" Job 38-23
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>"against the day of battle" Proverbs 21-31
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>"against the day of wrath and revelation" Romans 2-5
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>"against the day of necessity"  Tobit (Apocrypha) 4-9
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>>From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
>>To: Cyrus <ioannissevastianos at yahoo.gr>, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>,     
>>    pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: ATD at the Frankfurter Buchmesse
>>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:57:55 -0700 (PDT)
>>
>>I'd go with the local standard Biblical trans. ...
>>
>>--- Cyrus <ioannissevastianos at yahoo.gr> wrote:
>>
>> > I won't know about the title until after I've read
>> > the book -- it might have connotations we can't even
>> > imagine right now...
>>
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