The Gospels: A New Translation by Sarah RudenMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The translator in me loved the amount of detail Ruden goes into, not only with her translation, but with her first explanatory chapter and all of the footnotes. However, much of the discussion of the times and the place in history was too detailed for me. Plus, I felt she was threading the needle for some of these points (e.g. Pontius Pilate was Roman, and the Romans had no history/custom of washing their hands to rid themselves of blame. But it seems natural that, as governor of a Jewish area, he'd be familiar with local customs).
Still, a very meticulous work and interesting read.
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