Title:
The Jewish Study Bible / Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, editors.
Author:
Berlin, Adele, editor.
Brettler, Marc Zvi, editor.
Jewish Publication Society, issuing body.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
©2014
Call Number:
BS895 .J4 2014
Abstract:
"The Jewish Study Bible combines the entire Hebrew Bible--in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation--with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its role in Jewish life. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life"--Publisher's Web site.
Added Corporate Author:
Added Uniform Title:
New Oxford Bible maps, Jewish Study Bible.
Title Subject:
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780199978465
9780190263898
Physical Description:
xxv, 2309 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"Jewish Publication Society Tanakh translation"--Cover.
Previous edition published: 2004.
Includes preface to the 1985 JPS edition, published under title: Tanakh : a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the traditional Hebrew text.
Includes: The new Oxford Bible maps, Jewish Study Bible / prepared by Oxford cartographers and based on the Oxford Bible atlas (14 pages at end of volume).
" ... revised and corrected second edition in 1999. That second edition of the translation (NJPS Tanakh) serves as the basis for this volume"--Page x.
Contents:
Torah / Genesis / Exodus / Leviticus / Numbers / Deuteronomy / Nevi'im / Joshua / Judges / 1 Samuel ; 2 Samuel / 1 Kings ; 2 Kings / Isaiah / Jeremiah / Ezekiel / The Twelve. Hosea ; Joel ; Amos ; Obadiah ; Jonah ; Micah ; Nahum ; Habakkuk ; Zephaniah ; Haggai ; Zechariah ; Malachi / Kethuvim / Pslams / Proverbs / Job / The five Megillot (scrolls) / The Song of Songs / Ruth / Lamenations / Ecclesiastes / Esther / Daniel / Ezra ; Nehemiah / 1 Chronicles ; 2 Chronicles / Jewish interpretation of the Bible. Inner-biblical interpretation / Early nonrabbinic interpretation / The Bible in the Dead Sea scrolls / Classical rabbinic interpretation / Midrash and Jewish exegesis / Medieval Jewish interpretation / The Bible in the Jewish philosophical tradition / The Bible in the Jewish mystical tradition / Jewish biblical scholarship from the 17th to the 19th centuries / Modern Jewish interpretation / Biblical ideas and institutions. The religion of the Bible / Concepts of purity in the Bible / Daily life in biblical times / The temple / Biblical calendars / Biblical festivals and fast days / Historical and ideal Davidic kingship / War and peace in the Bible / The Bible in Jewish life. The Bible in the synagogue / The Bible in the liturgy / Jewish customs / The Bible in Israeli life / The Jewish Bible in America / Jewish women's scholarly writings on the Bible / Jewish translations of the Bible / Backgrounds for reading the Bible. The history of Israel in the biblical period / Geography of biblical land of Israel / Archeology and the Hebrew Bible / On the Bible and the ancient Near East / Languages of the Bible / Textual criticism / The canonization of the Bible / The development of the Masoretic Bible / The modern study of the Bible / Gender in the Bible / Reading biblical poetry / Reading biblical narrative / Reading biblical law / The Hebrew Bible in other scriptures. Use of the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament / The Hebrew Bible and biblical exegesis in the Qurʼan and Muslim tradition
Uniform Title:
Bible. Old Testament. English. Jewish Publication Society (1985). 1999.
