विद्यार्थियों और आम पाठकों की अनगिनत पीढ़ियाँ इस बेहद मानवीय किताब से आकर्षित होती रही हैं, जो इसके लेखक के दिलचस्प और रहस्यमयी व्यक्तित्व को आधा उजागर करती है और आधा छुपाती है
Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author
Countless generations of students and general readers have been intrigued by this deeply human book, which half reveals and half conceals the fascinating yet enigmatic personality of its author
* "कोहेलेथ - द मैन एंड हिज वर्ल्ड" (1955), प्रस्तावना, पृष्ठ vii
* "Koheleth - the Man and his World" (1955), preface, p. vii
* "Koheleth - the Man and his World" (1955), preface, p. vii
यह तब तक पुरानी नहीं होगी जब तक मानवीय जीवन की धड़कनें और उतार-चढ़ाव बाकी हैं, और जब तक मनुष्य प्रगति और प्रतिक्रिया, विकास और पतन, तथा उम्मीद और भ्रम के बीच झूलता रहता है
it will never be outmoded as long as the systole and diastole of human life survives, and men fluctuate between progress and reaction, growth and decline, hope and illusion
it will never be outmoded as long as the systole and diastole of human life survives, and men fluctuate between progress and reaction, growth and decline, hope and illusion
* "कोहेलेथ - द मैन एंड हिज वर्ल्ड", पृष्ठ 3
* "Koheleth - the Man and his World", p. 3
* "Koheleth - the Man and his World", p. 3
इस गीत में किसी ईश्वर के प्रेम का नहीं, बल्कि इंसानी प्रेम का गुणगान किया गया है, और वह भी इतने बारीक़ ब्योरे के साथ कि इसके किसी प्रतीकात्मक अर्थ की गुंजाइश ही नहीं बचती
It is human love, not that of a god, which is glorified in the Song, and that with a wealth of detail, which rules out an allegorical interpretation
It is human love, not that of a god, which is glorified in the Song, and that with a wealth of detail, which rules out an allegorical interpretation
* "द सॉन्ग ऑफ़ सॉन्ग्स एंड लैमेंटेशन्स", पृष्ठ 8
* "The Song of Songs and Lamentations", p. 8
* "The Song of Songs and Lamentations", p. 8
उन विनम्र लेकिन अटूट मेहनतकशों ने, जिन्हें बाद की पीढ़ियों ने सामूहिक रूप से 'बाले मसोराह' यानी परंपरा के रक्षक नाम दिया, बाइबल के पाठ को किसी भी नुकसान या बदलाव से बचाने के अपने महाप्रयाण जैसे काम को गुमनामी के अंधेरे में रहकर अंजाम दिया
Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in obscurity their Herculean task of guarding the Biblical Text against loss or variation
Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in obscurity their Herculean task of guarding the Biblical Text against loss or variation
* "द बाइबिलिकल टेक्स्ट इन द मेकिंग", पृष्ठ 1
* "The Biblical Text in the Making", p. 1
* "The Biblical Text in the Making", p. 1