Summary Of Carol Meyer's Translation

Carol Meyer’s translation of Genesis reads similar to the NRSV version translation. The main difference I see comes from the neutral phrasings used for the first human prior to the “cosmic surgery,” where the first human would become a man and a woman, Adam and Eve. One issue with the Meyer translation that I found unsatisfactory is the use of neutral pronouns. This is a nit-picky issue for me because the neutral phrasing might translate better, tone wise, in the original tongue of the writing. However, English does not have a very effective word to describe a person in the neutral tense, so I found it awkward reading the neutral pronoun, “it.” “It” sounds impersonal and distancing, as the word tends to denote something that is an “other,”