JPS guide : the Jewish Bible.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Introductions.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Genre:

Introductions.

Physical Description:

ix, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2008]

Contents:

What is the Bible?

How the Bible became "the Bible"

The origins of the Hebrew Bible text

The Torah scroll

Public reading of the Torah

A short history of Bible translations

The matter of gender in the JPS Torah translation

Storytelling in the Bible

Biblical law

Biblical poetry

An introduction to the books of the Prophets

Wisdom literature

Methods of Bible study

Commentaries on the Bible

Midrash

Summaries of the books of the Bible

Glossary of Biblical words and terms

Family trees

Weights and measures in the Bible

Timeline of the Bible

Chronology of the prophets

Chronology of the monarchies

Familiar quotations from the Bible.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780827608511

0827608519

OCLC:

213495200