UPDATE: Jim e-mails to note that Tyler Williams has some biographical and bibliographical information, as well as a photo, posted on his Codex blog.
UPDATE (25 June): The New York Times has posted an obituary:
Nahum Sarna, 82, a Translator of the Torah, Is Dead
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Published: June 25, 2005
Nahum Sarna, a biblical scholar who did notable translations of Scripture for modern readers, notably his work on the Jewish Publication Society's "Torah (New Translation)," died on Thursday at his home in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 82, and a former resident of Newton, Mass.
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UPDATE (29 June): for corrections to this obituary, see here.
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