Paul Melo e Castro privately alerted me to the King James Bible and also several other Bible versions of John 14:2.
Well I must admit that I was ignorant about the Biblical significance of the title and failed to do due diligence by not googling the phrase. Otherwise I’d have found http://biblehub.com/john/14-2.htm Nevertheless my charge that “A House of Many Mansions” is incongruous is not incorrect for the King James and other versions of the Bible that follows this translation are inaccurate in the first place. This is evident from the fact that subsequent and more modern translations of the Bible have rendered the phrase as “My father’s house has many rooms” (New International Version); “There is more than enough room in my father’s home” (New Living Translation); “In my father’s house are many rooms” (English Standard Version; Borean Study Bible etc). Best Augusto > On 30-Nov-2017, at 12:39 PM, Augusto Pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Of the five books that are to be published, one title caught my eye: A House > of Many Mansions: Goan Literature in Portuguese: An Anthology of Original > Essays, Short Stories and Poems Edited by Paul Melo e Castro and Cielo G > Festina. > > Since a mansion itself is a large house I thought that the title seemed a bit > incongruous. > > Also the cover forgets to mention that the work is translated (which I > presume it is or why else would the cover be in English) > > Thus the book carries all the telltale signs of a certain Frederick Noronha’s > publishing fingerprints. > Augusto > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 29-Nov-2017, at 2:44 PM, Leonard Fernandes <leonard.fernan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> We are releasing a slew of new titles during the forthcoming GALF, one >> published through a joint imprint between Goa, 1556 and CinnamonTeal >> Publishing. We hope you will get your copy from the Dogears bookstall during >> the Festival. >> >> Please see the attachment for more details about the books. >> >> With best wishes, >> >> Leonard >> --------------------------------------------- >> >> Leonard Fernandes >> Partner and Co-founder >> Mob: +91 98503 98530 >> Email: leonard.fernan...@gmail.com >> Web: www.cinnamonteal.in >> >> >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended >> solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. >> If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender >> immediately. >> -- >> *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Goa Book Club" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to goa-book-club+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to goa-book-c...@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/goa-book-club. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CAK4dkEoW_pVeajW7KOZoG6o8HcoV%3DED4pg1cjnryMEmKywhVMg%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> <books-at-galf.jpg>
