The Jewish Bible.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jewish Publication Society Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

JPS guide.

JPS guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Introductions.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A clear and concise handbook to the TANAKH Named one of the "Best of the Best from the University Presses: Books You Should Know About" by the Association of American University Presses. This new volume in the acclaimed JPS Guides series is an invaluable companion to the Jewish Bible, providing readers with ready access to important facts and Bible basics: how the Bible became the "Bible"; its origins, content, and organization distinctions between the Jewish Bible (the TANAKH) and Christian Bibles a short history of Bible translations, and how they differ Bible commentaries storytelling, poetry, law, prophecy, and Wisdom literature popular methods of Bible study finding meaning through midrash. In addition, there are summaries of all the biblical books; dozens of text boxes; an extensive glossary of Bible terms, places, and people; maps, charts, and tables; and large foldout timelines and family trees--all in color. Contributions are by leading Bible scholars and educators: Marc Zvi Brettler, Joyce Eisenberg, Michael Fishbane, Michael V. Fox, Leonard Greenspoon, Jill Hammer, Stuart Kelman, Adriane Leveen, David Mandel, Lionel Moses, Shalom Paul, Benjamin Edidin Scolnic, Ellen Scolnic, David E. S. Stein, Barry Dov Walfish, and Andrea Weiss.

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

The books of the Prophets

Wisdom literature

Methods of Bible study

Commentaries on the Bible

Midrash

Summaries of the books of the Bible

Glossary

Family tree of the Torah

Weights and measures in the Bible

Timeline of Biblical events

Chronology of the prophets

Chronology of the monarchies

Familiar quotations from the Bible

Maps of Biblical lands.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-279) and index.

ISBN:

0-8276-1032-7

OCLC:

698181950