Jerusalem

The name that is transliterated as “Jerusalem” in English is signed in French Sign Language with a sign that depicts worshiping at the Western Wall in Jerusalem:


“Jerusalem” in French Sign Language (source: La Bible en langue des signes française )

While a similar sign is also used in British Sign Language, another, more neutral sign that combines the sign “J” and the signs for “place” is used as well. (Source: Anna Smith)


“Jerusalem” in British Sign Language (source: Christian BSL, used with permission)

Translation commentary on 1 Maccabees 10:7

We recommend a paragraph break here, as in Revised Standard Version.

Then Jonathan came to Jerusalem and read the letter in the hearing of all the people and of the men in the citadel: The letter apparently reached Jonathan at his headquarters in Michmash (1Macc 9.73). He immediately went to Jerusalem, and publicly read the letter in some central place near the fort, where it could be heard by the soldiers (and presumably the prisoners) in the fort as well as a crowd of people standing around him. An alternative model for this verse is:

• Jonathan took the letter to Jerusalem and read it to all the people and the [Syrian] soldiers in the fort.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.