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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781600969379 ISBN: 1600969372 Label: Boomer Books Manufacturer: Boomer Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 238 Publication Date: February 28, 2007 Publisher: Boomer Books Release Date: February 28, 2007 Studio: Boomer Books Related Items:
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 Rating:  - a fine translation for mature christiansi originally started reading the translation by allison peers and found it rather difficult to follow with teresa's incredibly long run-on sentences. one of the things mirabai starr does is to break these very long sentences into several shorter ones thus rendering interior castle so much more understandable. because starr is so upfront about her spiritual background and that she is neither Catholic nor christian i believe any mature christian grounded in scripture will not have a problem with her ... Read More Rating:  - What is the purpose of a translator?I have written a comment, but I feel so strongly about this particular translation that I decided to do a review. The purpose of a translator, as I understand it, is to faithfully convey both the meaning and the context of the author's words, ideas, and message. In other words, to "do no harm." Ms. Starr wreaks havoc with Tersa's message, which was obviously difficult enough for her. I agree with other reviewers that by substituting "innocuous" or "politically correct" or words with which Ms Starr ... Read More Rating: - untitledThis book is useful for people interested in the history of spirituality, centering prayer or Christian meditation. The thesis develops by way of a first person account of a mythical seven dwellings of the spirit each of which is reached successively after sufficient periods of meditation and good works. The result is progressively closer communion with the Beloved. The translator, a professor of philosophy and religious studies at the University of New Mexico, renders this 1577 classic in a postmodern ... Read More Rating: - The translator got in the wayI have wanted to read works of Teresa of Avila for many years. She is quoted by many of my favorite authors. However, after 100 pages, I can go no further in this book. The translator clearly views things differently than the author and she changes words and phrases to fit her own viewpoint. In her introduction she describes these changes so the reader is warned. I've decided that I'd rather read a more accurate interpretation. For starters, it would help if the Christian references to God and Satan were kept. ... Read More Rating: - A ClassicThis classic, written centuries ago by the great Catholic mystic, St. Teresa of Avila, has been given a fresh, new translation by Mirabei Starr, thus making it far more readable for the modern seeker. St. Teresa's writing style can become somewhat difficult to understand; however, Ms. Starr has rendered it as clear as one could hope for. 
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