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Show COMMENTARY sa UE im A. JAMES RUDIN Bible Turns ‘Divine Music ’ RELIGION NEWS SERVICE “Reading translations is like » kissing through a handkerchief. ‘It’s close, but not the real thing. «This especially is true of at‘tempts to translate the original *Hebrewof the Bible into English. ~The King JamesBible may be elegant and eloquent, butitis filled + with errors and distortions — bad «mewsfor literalists. Worstofall, a reader of the King James version » may believe Scripture was written in Britain by a contemporary of Shakespeare. ~») To the 20th century, translators shave sought smooth idiomatic translations and usually have missed the rhythms, puns,alliter“ations and word play of the He‘brew text. Fortunately, Professor verett Fox of Clark University in Massachusetts is about to pub‘lish a startlingly different English translation. The Five Books of » Moses geis inside the Hebrew and presents the Bible to modern ‘readers on its own terms. »« Read Out Loud: Fox believes ‘the Bible was meant to be read aloud andis xot simply for silent _study. He thinks reading the Bible ie a creative “process in the same ‘sense that performing a piece of inusic is a process,” one in which iteaders must “give back” some- “To illustrate what Foxis trying + to achieve, His opening words of : Genesis are quite different from ‘ithe usual English translations: “At the beginning of God's creating of the heavens and the Earth, when the Earth was wild and : waste, darkness over the face of |! Qeean,rushing-spirit of God hov- ': ering over the face of the waters —- Godsaid: Let there be light!” ) Insteadof, “Andit was evening, {! and it was morning,thefirst day,” ‘ ex gets closer to the originai Herew with: “There was setting, here was dawning: one day.” !) Most startling are verses 6-to-8 of * Genesis: “God said: Let there be a «dome amid the waters. ... God ‘! ealled the dome: Heaven!” In a {) helpful footnote, Fox reminds the readei that the Hebrew word he ! translates as a “dome”literally '; meaus “a beaten sheet of metal.” : Even More Powerful: The Ten ‘! Commandments in the Book of {)sBxodustake on even more power ‘tin Fox’svivid translation. The fa“tmiliar “house of bondage” and ‘the prohibition against taking (God’s name “in vain” have been ‘replaced by: “I am YHWHyour ‘God who brought you out from ‘the land of Egypt, from a house of ‘serfs. ... You are not to take up : : The Quest '96 effort has forged an alliance among 28 denorninations, 1,500 churches representing 1.5 million believers, Bridgers reported. The Rev.Jim Schaedler of Metto Fellowship in Sait Lake City contacted Bridgers and invited him to address the Utah clergy. All Christian clergy — but no representatives of the Mormon Church — were asked to attend. Some denominations do not consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a Christian faith. “We invited only established, recognized Christian organizations,” Schaedier said. ‘We wanted to avoid alienating anyone who would be uncomfortable with those not considered traditional, orthodox Christians.” Organizers hoped to reach beyond some of the established groupings, such as the Salt Lake Ministerial Association or Shared brew cadences: “You are not to murder, You are not to aduiter. You are notto steal... ."’ Because there are distinctly different Hebrew verbs for “murder” and “kill,” the popular “Thou shalt not kill” is a mistransiation that Fox happily avoids. Even though I always thrill to quick to note, however, that no or- Fort Worth, Texas, he will be in- stalled Sept. 24. The church, at 7681 S. 2200 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The writer of “Peace Train” emerged from retirement Tuesdayto sign copies of his first alpum in 18 years — complete with a Muslim hymn to fit his revised outlook onlife. The former Cat Stevens, the singer-songwriter who changed his name to Yusuf Isiam, says his conversion to Islam means he now considers the love songs he sang in the 1970s impure. “In the context of Islam, love should be connected to marriage,’ he said, surrounded by hundreds of fans jammed into a central Londonstore. That counts out pop hits like “Here Comes My Baby” and “The First Cut is the Deepest.” He described as “‘stitl halal” — or acceptable — songs such as “Peace Train,” “On the Road” and “Morning Has Broken.” “On those songs, the words are thing higher than this world,” he said. Fanslonging for thelilting Steyens melodies of yore will be dis- In the album, the performer has taken on the tradition of the “qussa.”the wandering storytell- ar who recounts the life of the prophet Mohammed. The album L ion = One of the three musical pieces, a song featuring the performer's $s igious affairs directcr of “the American Jewish Committee. mh ganization has yet been established, and no leader chosen. “T suggest that we embrace much of their philosophy rather than reinvent the wheel,” hesaid. for nonstudents and $20 for couples. The series runs ‘Thursdays through Nov.9, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. To regis- that the pastors form ter or for more information call 222-7782. @“When God Allows Suffering to Strike Your Home,’ a free seminar, will be held Tuesdayat 7:30 p.m at OurSavior’s Lutheran Church, 2500 E. 3900 South, Salt Lake County. David Bridgeman, a professional Christian marriage and family therapist, will share cop- o Some of the group proposed ing skills and offerinsights on the stresses, impact and value of suffering in marriage relationships, Call 278- EPISCOPAL “Quest 2002,” but that wili depend on the response from denominational leaders in Utah, Schaedlersaid. Whateverorganization is established, Schaedler hopes that the Olympics will be a “catalyst to join hands ... In my 10 years here, I have not felt that we are unified.” “T was impressed with what they had done in Atlanta,” said the Rev. Craig McCune, pastorat New Creation Church in Salt Lake City. “I was also excited at the broad spectrum of people who showedupat our meeting.” McCune also was ‘‘excited about the viable connection between ourselves and Atlanta.”” 4619 for more information. ‘The Fall 1995 Rector's Forum at St. Paul's Episcopal i Arthelene Rippy, national speaker and Christian Churchin Salt LakeCity will feature candidates for Salt at Metro Fellowship, 460 W. Century Drive, Salt Lake City. Rippyis the executive producer and host of “Solo Act,” a television ministry for single adults. She also was oneofthe original singers on the Internationaltelevision program, “Day of Discovery.” @ Eileen Fisher, president of Heart of the Spirit Ministry, will be teaching on “The Power andFire of the o HINDU KHQN radio andthe Krishna Temple will sponsor the “Festival of India” today, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Temple on South Main Street in Spanish Fork. The fes- HolySpirit” at the followinglocations: Sunday, 7 p.m., at the World Wide Gospe! Church, 862 W. 300 North, Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 7 p.m., Women’s Agiow Fellowship at the Juniper Room at the Holiday Inn in Ce- tival will feature a concert of Indian music and dance, a dar City; Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Evening Aglow Fellow: pageantdepicting the victory of King Ramaoverthe 10o ship, Chuck-A-Rama, 2960 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake. @ TheSalt Lake Chapterofthe InternationalFeliowship of Christian Businessmen invite everyone to attend The Salt Lake City Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), will hold its annual paid-up membership brunch at 9 a.m. Sept. 17 at the Jewish Community Center, 2416 E. 1700 South. Call Maxineat 466-4985for more information. Global Outreach for the International Fellowship of Christian Businessmen, noon Friday in the RamadaInn, 600 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City headed demon Ravanna,fireworks and other exhibits. JEWISH Monsignor Terrence Fitzgerald, vicar general of Utah’s Catholic diocese, said the meeting was “exceptionally positive” in uniting peopleofall faiths in “providing hospitality and opportunities for prayer and reflection in this beautiful setting.” Each religious tradition will a luncheon with guest Ralph Littlejohn, director of o o PRESBYTERIAN “Spread the Love of Jesus’ is the theme for Rally LUTHERAN Day, Sunday at Wasatch Presbyterian Church, 1626 S. Tooele-Stansbury Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Worshiping communitywill be starting a new weekly worship service on Sundaysat 7 p.m. at the Stansbury Park Clubhouse, 1 Country Club, Stansbury Park. have to providefor thosevisitors, athletes or observers, who are of membersof their faith. “The proportion who are Catholie will be significant because of the many Catholic countries that are participating,” Fitzgerald 1700 East, Salt Lake City. Some of the activities planned include an early worship service at 8:30 a.m., Sunday Schoolforall ages at 9:30 a.m. and traditional worship service starting at 11 a.m. Special music will be provided by the Chancel Choir. Commissioning of o teachers will take place at both services. Nursery care will be provided for ages newbornto 1 year. Following theservice therewill be a picnic in Fairmont Park with music and games provided by The Wasatch Youth Transportationwill be available. Dress wil] be casual. Call 487-7576 for more detaiis. @ Westvale Presbyterian Church will celebrate the METHODIST The Hilitop United Methodist Church in Sandywill add a third worship service beginning Sunday. The church is located at 985 E. 10600 South and services will begin at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. said. ‘Wewill haveto provide ad- beginning of a new church year Sunday with Rally Day. Qo equate pastoral andreligious services for our own people.” Onsocialissues, Fitzgerald sees not include Mormons, Jews and Muslims. “We are going to have to cooperate on several differentlevels,” he said. i TVpersonality will sing and speak, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Lake City mayor throughout September. Mayor Deedee Corradini will appear Sunday, candidate Richard McKeown will appear Sept. 17 and candidate Steve Harmsen will appear Sept. 24. All forums begin at 10 a.m. at St. Paul’s, 261 S. 900 East. NONDENOMINATIONAL @ Sandra Cherry will be the featured speakerat the September meeting of the International Association of NearDeath Studies, Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Utah Power conference room, 810 W. 7520 South, Midvale. Her top- Churchschoolfor children and adults wili start at 9:45 a.m., followed by worship service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Joseph D. Small II], coordinator of the Worship and Theology Unit for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), will be the Rally Day guest preacher. The congregi will share a potluck dinner after the worship service. @Dave & Mike and The Happiness Four Crusade Team, a family of Swedish immigrants who tour the country sharing its Christ-centered message through music and ministry, will appearat the Salvation Army, 438 S, 900 West, Salt Lake City, on Sept. 17 at 11 a.m.; Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.; Sept. 19 at 6 p.m., Sept. 20 at 7:15 p.m. and Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. back breakfast held for the Adult Sunday school class, Sunday, 9:45 a.m., at Cottonwood Presbyterian Church, 1580E. VineSt., Murray. Theclass will begin a threemonth studyentitled “Violence — Causes, Effects and Solutions.” Call 278-4619 for further details. ic will be “The Blind and Near Death Experience.” West, West Jordan, is paid for and the mortgageforthe 10-yearold building will be burned. And a new signidentifying the churchand listing its weekly services will be dedicated. The sign was put up in the memory of Ag- @ Thefall program will be introduced at a welcome- — Compiled by Christopher Williams ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE ¢ nes Chidester, a charter member and longtime historian for the Southern Baptist congregation who died in January 1994. The three events will take place during a 3 p.m. service. First Baptist Church of West Jordan began as a mission of Kearns Baptist Church in July 1965 as a vacation Bible school. Early ¢ An Intergenerational Service” s ¥ J Raligious Education agss/nursery 6876 So. 20th East 944-9723 SECOND CHURCH 1165 FOOTHILL OR. 486-0220 r 4 joae CHURCH OF RELIGIOUSSCIENCE 8 South 900 Easi 285-8601 ww THE ABUNDANT LIFE” Rev. Barbera Hays ovatroenaeatrnd 1:00 oay 24 hr, DialA-Prayer: 461-5006 New Thought Book & Shop. vt een REET NEW THOUGHT couen , le mace 284-2 aoe atte Spi iea ie within humanity Public Welcome iitCHURCH te. rw co 7: eros Unity ufiaiiad ley!afodin ECKANKAR Religionof the Light & Sound of God “AWAKEN TO ECK”’ 507 E. 1700 So., Suite A, SLC ‘SUN, SCHOOL & SERVICE 10:30 A.M. WED, 7:30 P.M. church meetings were held in a private home and,for a time, in a Daughters of Utah Pioneers hall in West Jordan before the congregation found a house to rent in October 1966. Today, the congregation has 122 members. During its 30-year history, the churchhas had a total of 355 members. Mike Potheringham,Minster “LIFE 18ACONTACT “COMING HOME WATER CEREMONY: Worship Service at 10 a.m. ; é - “MASTERS OF ILLUSION” FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 8th So. 3134 East Charen: soonome20 am toy Sau1780 Bo. 100€407-9478 sen Robina _ Minietet, Minivters: Stan Smith ® Nuncy Dorrell FIRST UNITARIAN seza6e7 CHURCH s6o So.13 East Worship Services 9:00 am & 11:00 am herd Lutheran Church, ELCA S 8 ot790East “tao pe “MUST RELIGION MAKE SENSE?” WORSHIPSERVICES 8:30 & caSchoo,tis“ cmei1 Chae Us.” He ended his career as a pop singer in 1977 when he embraced Islam.Hisbeliefs, which bar mixing voices with instruments, severely limited whathe could do. There were more temporal considerations as well. Pastor and Mr Witers Richardof D ALIVE Wroweie “It was not necessarily the mu- sic or the singing, but everything else that was corrupt: the drugs, sex, conceit, the unhealthy competition,” Islam said. He was drawn to God when a sudden wave saved him, washing him ashore while he was swimming off Malibu in 1976. Shortly afterward, his brother David returned from Jerusalem with an English transiation of the Koran, the Muslim holy book. A year later, Stevens converted and changed his name. Rev. Tom Goldsmith Intergenerational Service at 10:20 am “WHO ARE WE? AND WHY ARE WE HERE?” Siivia Behrend Religious Education & Nursery 9 & 11am deel CeTU < McRmtaa a uywee , “MARTHA, MARTHA” wrod cinoma tocation. Theeonureh fe é thee mt 2000We UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES 203 S. 200 E. - 328-8726 Falty Bey Celebration "ng CLAYIN A POTTER'S HAND” i Rev. Robert Sowell raiteSern1860 = eet CHPIST UNITED METHODIST "2375 &. 3300 So, - 488-8473 | ot 969-6115 of 969-3618 Great Harvest CES near esion COME AND CELEBRATE JESUS WITH US! Rev. Jim Cowal SunySchoo M80en Maaoncaren W. Jarre Covet, METHODIST UNITEDto. JORDAN s00-4272 weet6000 06 “UKE CLAY IN A POTTER'S HAND” Rev. 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Mark Link, Susan Muto and Marie Murphy. Therealsowill be a concert by Donna Pena andtime for prayer and Mass. Cat Stevens Is Back — Sort of people or Fox is closer to the } original Hebrew with: “Send free lacks the electricity of the more @ The Centerfor Jewish Studies at Utah Valley State College, Orem, will offer a special weekly lecture series regarding the commonheritage between Jews and Mor- The Arrival o f New Pastor unknowingly reaching for some- ; familiar translation. > I enthusiastically recommend : The Five Bovks oF Moses for 9:10 to 11:10 a.m. at Mount Olympus Presbyterian Church, 3280 E. 3900 South, Salt Lake County. Baptist Church to Celebrate ¢ the words in Exodus when Moshe- : my people ..." But it somehow Compiled by Peter Scarlet CATHOLIC “Hold Fast to Faith” is the theme for Utah Catholics whowill meet this weekend for the 1995 Diocesan Pas- no reason why thealliance should Ministry. By Peter Scarlet ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Thirty years of ups and downs for a small West Jordan church may be giving way to a future of greater security and stability. On Sept. 24, members of West Jordan's First Baptist Church will celebrate the arrival of their new pastor, the final paymenton their building, and the placement of a sign in the memory of a charter member, “We've been struggling, up and down, for 30 some odd years,” said Donel Cain, a longtime church member who has been serving as moderator for the past year in the absence of a pastor. “We've been stable now for the last five years.” Last Friday, the Rev. Brian Davis arrived with his wife, Melissa. A recent graduate of the Southwestern Theological Seminary in } to exist” or “to be.” + « By Peggy Fletcher Stack ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE More than 40 of Utah’s clergy gathered recently to hear an AtJanta churchman’s experience preparing for the 1996 Summer Olympics. At meetings in Salt Lake City and ParkCity, Kirk Bridgers, who represented Atlanta's Quest '96, outlined his group’s goals. They include: providing housing for families of the athletes, praying for the city, coordinating a social-action ministry for area churches, bringing together the diverse religious groupsto minister to the spiritual and human needsof Atlanta, and encourage evangelism during the Games. “pear as Abraham,Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob, Joseph and Moses. And } SLord.” It is an attempt to ap' proximate the original Hebrew © letters that are linked to the verb an introductory Bible study class focusing on the book of John. A day class for women, with a program for preregistered children ages 2 to 5, will begin Wednesday, the Catholic Church, and includetopics such as sacra- Aiter hearing Bridgers’ presentation, the group was determined to move forward,trying to follow Atlanta’s example. Schaedler was } for the name of God instead of the Bible Study Fellowship International will sponsor BULLETIN BOARD Of ‘Atlanta Ques of themselves. ~ fe respects the various Bible translations “cast in good English Style,” but hetries “to draw the {Reader into the world of the HeYe_brew Bible throughits language. Fox succeeds in this difficult “Sak, and reading The Five Books ' ofMoses can be exciting. Fox does not translate Hebrew snares inte English,so figures like “Avraham, Yitzhak, Rivka, YaaRov, Yosef and Moshe do not ap+ FOx uses the four letters YHWH : Utah Clergy Discuss Olympics, Learn vs 9, 1995 ‘The Salt Lake Tribune KSLAGIUN Saturday, 2 1580 East View Sireet (10 ——2T8-AAN.. — fies South) seed |