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The Jewish Study Bible
One Volume; With CommentaryEdited by Michael Fishbane
6 9/16" x 9" (2208 Pages)Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2003
The Jewish Study Bible (JSB) presents the center of gravity of the Scriptures where Jews experience it--in Torah. It offers readers the fruits of various schools of Jewish traditions of biblical exegesis (rabbinic, medieval, mystical, etc.) and provides them with a wealth of ancillary materials that aid in bringing the ancient text to life. The nearly forty contributors to the work represent the cream of Jewish biblical scholarship from the world over.
The JSB uses The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation, whose name is an acronym formed from the Hebrew initials of the three sections into which the Hebrew Bible is traditionally divided (Torah - Instruction; Nevi'im - Prophets; and Kethubim - Writings). A committee of esteemed biblical scholars and rabbis from the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism movements produced this modern translation, which dates from 1985. Unlike other English translations based upon such ancient versions as the Septuagint and Vulgate, which emend the Hebrew text, TANAKH is faithful to the original text.
Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jews, professors, students, rabbis: indeed, anyone interested in acquiring a fuller understanding of the riches of the Hebrew Bible will profit from reading The Jewish Study Bible.
Features
- Section and book introductions deliver insights into the background, structure and meaning of the text
- Running commentary beside the biblical text provides in-depth theological interpretation of it, from the Jewish perspective
- Informative essays address a wide variety of topics relating to Judaism's use and interpretation of the Bible through the ages
- In-text tables, maps and charts
- Tables of weights and measures
- Verse and chapter differences
- Table of Scriptural readings
- Glossary of technical terms
- Index to all study materials
- Full color Oxford Bible Maps, with index
- English
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