The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195297512 ISBN 13: 9780195297515

Publisher: OUP USA, 2004

Synopsis

Oxford University Press breaks exciting new ground in the field of study Bibles with The Jewish Study Bible. This innovative volume will, for the first time, offer readers of the Hebrew Bible a resource that is specifically tailored to meet their needs.
The 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.

About this title

Product Description:

Oxford University Press breaks exciting new ground in the field of study Bibles with The Jewish Study Bible. This innovative volume will, for the first time, offer readers of the Hebrew Bible a resource that is specifically tailored to meet their needs.

Review:

deserves a place on the shelves of every serious student of the Bible, Jewish or not. (John Barton, Times Literary Supplement)

On every count (John Barton, Times Literary Supplement)

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0195297512
• ISBN 13: 9780195297515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 2222
• Editor: Berlin Adele, Brettler Marc Zvi, Fishbane Senior Consulting Editor: Michael