In its sixth year [2169] Judah went up to shear his sheep in Timnah. Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is now going up to shear his sheep in Timnah."
Jubilees (also known as Lesser Genesis, Leptogenesis, or the Book of Division) is canonical scripture for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The only complete copies of Jubilees are available in Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic), here used with permission by the Bible Society of Ethiopia.
“Sheep are known throughout most of the world, even though, as in Central Africa, they are a far cry from the fleecy wool-producing animals of colder climates. Where such animals are known, even by seemingly strange names, e.g. βcotton deerβ (Yucateco) or βwoolly goatβ (Inupiaq), such names should be used. In some instances, one may wish to borrow a name and use a classifier, e.g. βan animal called sheep.β In still other instances translators have used βanimal which produces woolβ, for though people are not acquainted with the animals they are familiar with wool.” (Source: Bratcher / Nida)
In DΓ«ne SΓΊline, it is usually translated as βan evil little caribou.β To avoid the negative connotation, a loan word from the neighboring South Slavey was used. (Source: NCEM, p. 70)
Note that the often-alleged Inuktitut translation of “sheep” with “seal” is an urban myth (source Nida 1947, p. 136).
The name that is transliterated as “Judah” or “Judea” in English (referring to the son of Jacob, the tribe, and the territory) means “thanksgiving” or “praise.”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.