Letter from Szold, Henrietta to Morais, Sabato. Baltimore, MD; Aug 1893
- Title
- Letter from Szold, Henrietta to Morais, Sabato. Baltimore, MD; Aug 1893
- Date Created
- 22 August 1893
- Format
- 8 pages on 8 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 7, Folder 2
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3rn30t27/manifest.json
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- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3rn30t27
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
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To the
Rev Dr. S. Morais
546 N 5th St.
818 Washington Ct Philadelp[hia]
Cape May
N. J.
MORRIS NEWBURGER, PRESIDENT. MAYER SULZBERGER, CHIARMAIN PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. MORRIS DANNENBAUM, TREASURER. C. S. BERNHEIMER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
OFFICE OF THE
JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA,
714 MARKET STREET.
Philadelphia Baltimore, August 22, 1893.
To the Rev. Dr. S. Morais:-
By direction of the Rev. Dr. M. Jastrow, Chairman, the enclosed report, to be made by the Bible-translation committee of the Jewish Publication Society to the whole of the Publication committee, is forwarded to you for your information. Henrietta Szold, Secretary.
"Confidential Document."]
To the Publication Committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America:
Your sub-committee held a conference with a number of scholars who had been invited to assist your committee in its delibera-tions with reference to the publication of a new English version of the Bible, at Atlantic City, N. J., on July 30th and 31st, 1893. There were present of the Sub-committee, Dr. Jastrow, (Chairman) Dr. Cyrus Adler, and Mayer Sulzberger, Esq.
(member ex-officio), and Dr. Szold, Dr. Kohler, and by special in-vitation of the Chairman, Dr. Landsberg. Dr. Wise, Dr. Morais, Dr. Gottheil, Dr. E. G. Hirsch and Dr. Krauskopf were absent. Drs. Morais, Gottheil and Wise offered suggestions by letter.
It was decided to make the following recommendations to the Publication Committee:
1. That an English version of the Bible be published in a handy size as soon as practicable, holding in view the publication of a special Bible for schools and the home.
2. That the version be based
upon the translation commonly known as Leeser's Bible.
3. That the version be a transla-tion of the Massoretic text.
4. That the poetical portions be printed in lines.
5. That the headings of books or portions of books contained in the text be different from in typography from the rest of the text.
6. That untranslated words be different in typography from the text.
7. That the headings of the Pentateuchal sections be in the Hebrew character.
8. That the translation be prepared under the editorial direction of three persons to be
known as the Managing Editor, the English text Editor and the Style Editor.
9. That the various books be assigned to different con-tributors for revision in ac-cordance with a plan to be prescribed.
10. That the results of the labors of the contributors be referred to a Revision Com-mittee to consist of two persons and the English Text Editor.
11. That the Revision Committee, in conjunction with the Man-aging Editor and the Style Editor draw up a series of instructions for the contributors.
12. That a sufficient a number of copies of Leeser's Bible be cuf cut up and passed in quarto sheets for the use of the contributors.
13. That Jews of Great Britain be invited to become contributors.
14. That the Chairman commu-nicate with the English Revision Committee.
15. That certain standard works to be named hereafter be placed at the disposal of the contributors.
The Conference approves the above plan and recom-mends it to the Publication Committee for adoption, and
further recommends that the Publication Committee take measures for the appointment of the Contributors, Editors and Revision Committee.
Respectfully Submitted,
M. Jastrow Chairman
Mayer Sulzberger
Benjamin Szold
Kaufman Kohler
Cyrus Adler - Identifier
- p3rn30t27
- identifier
- SMBx7FF2_31
Part of Letter from Szold, Henrietta to Morais, Sabato. Baltimore, MD; Aug 1893
Szold, Henrietta and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Szold, Henrietta to Morais, Sabato. Baltimore, MD; Aug 1893”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 19, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90373