Pathways through the Bible : classic selections from the Tanakh / by Mortimer J. Cohen ; revised and updated by David E.S. Stein ; illustrations by Arthur Szyk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Joseph), 1894-1972.

Stein, David E. S., 1957-

Jewish Publication Society.

Series:

Bible Titles

Standardized Title:

Bible. O.T. English. Selections. 2002.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Paraphrases, English.

Bible.

Bible stories, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 p.)

Edition:

[3rd ed.].

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

JPS first published Pathways Through the Bible in 1946, selling over 250,000 copies. It featured selections from the 1917 translation of the JPS Tanakh, "bridged" by narrative summaries written by Rabbi Cohen. Rabbi Stein has replaced the 1917 JPS translation with the 1985 translation and has updated the prose and made the language gender-sensitive. This new edition shares the same essential features as the original, especially the core principle that Pathways Through the Bible, in Cohen's words, "is not intended to replace The Holy Scriptures...it is rather to be regarded as preparatory to the reading of the Bible itself...Its purpose is to open for you pathways into the magic realm of the greatest literature ever written."

Contents:

Contents

Foreword to the 2002 Edition

Foreword to the Original Edition

Your Bible

The Torah (Teaching)

Genesis

Introduction

1. Creating a Good World

2. Evil Enters the Good World

3. The Cleansing Flood

4. The Tower of Babel

5. Abraham: Founder of a People

6. Twin Cities of Sin

7. Abraham's Supreme Test

8. Isaac and Rebekah

9. Jacob Obtains the Covenant

10. The New Name "Israel"

11. Joseph in Egypt

Exodus

1. Moses: The Liberator

2. Pharaoh Versus God 3. Pesah: The Festival of Freedom

4. God Triumphs over Pharaoh

5. Starting the Long Journey

6. The Covenant at Mount Sinai

7. The Tabernacle: God's Palace

Leviticus

1. Priest and Levite

2. Feast and Fast

3. Holiness: The Golden Heart

4. Neighbors

5. Laws of Purity

6. National Problems

7. Idolatry: The Gravest of All Sins

8. Rewards and Punishments

Numbers

1. Journey's Beginning

2. The Challenges of Leadership

3. Crisis and Decision

4. Korah's Rebellion

5. The Sin of Moses

6. Israel Meets Hostile Nations

7. Balaam Blesses the New Israel

8. The Five Sisters" Query

9. Joshua: The Next Leader

Deuteronomy

1. First Oration: Obedience to the Covenant

2. Second Oration: Love -The Spirit of the Covenant

3. Third Oration: The Rewards of the Covenant

4. The Song of Moses

5. The Unknown Grave

The Prophets

Joshua

1. Joshua Takes Command

2. The Two Spies

3. Jericho and Ai Captured

4. The Crafty Gibeonites

5. Division of the Land 6. Joshua's Farewell Address

Judges

1. Disloyalty "Punishment" Peace

2. Deborah: Mother in Israel

3. Gideon: The Man Who Refused to Be King

4. Abimelech: The Man Who Wanted to Be King

5. Samson: A Brave Man Who Used His Strength Foolishly

Ruth

1. Ruth's Loyalty

2. The Meeting of Ruth and Boaz

3. Ruth's Marriage to Boaz

Samuel

1. The Birth of Samuel

2. Israel's Ruthless Enemy: The Philistines

3. Saul : First King of Israel

4. Saul: The Rejected

5. David: The Shepherd Boy

6. Saul and David

7. David: Refugee from Saul

8. The Death of Saul and Jonathan

9. From Shepherd Boy to King

10. Jerusalem: The City of God

11. Nathan: The People's Conscience

12. "Absalom, My Son! My Son!"

Kings

1. Solomon Ascends the Throne

2. "A Wise and Understanding Mind"

3. Solomon Builds the Temple

4. Splendor, Fame and Trouble

5. The House Is Divided

6. Elijah The Prophet

7. Elijah Confronts an Abuse of Power

8. Elisha : One Who Loved His Fellowmen

Amos

1. The Prophet of Doom

2. God Against Israel

3. Wicked Samaria

4. The God of Justice

5. The Priest Expels the Prophet

6. Amos’s Final Hope

Hosea

1. Fruits of Unfaithfulness

2. The God of Love

3. The New Betrothal

Isaiah

1. Isaiah’s Vision - The God of Holiness

2. God’s Vineyard: A Parable

3. Vintage of Wild Grapes

4. Not Sacrifice So Much as Holiness

5. "Be Firm and Be Calm!"

6. "The End of Days"

Isaiah of the Exile Introduction

1. “Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem”

2. Cyrus—God's Shepherd

3. “The Servant of God”

4. God of the Whole World

Jeremiah Introduction

1. The Prophet's Call

2. Evils That Destroy Within

3. “The Temple Shall Become Like Shiloh!”

4. The Burning of the Book

5. Jeremiah’s Letter

6. Jeremiah’s Act of Faith

7. The God of the Inner Spirit

Ezekiel Introduction

1. The God of Power

2. Each One Is Responsible

3. For God’s Own Honor

4. The Valley of Dry Bones

Jonah

1. Jonah’s Flight

2. Jonah’s Second Chance

3. The Depressed Prophet

The Writings

Psalms

Sweet Singer in Israel

On Nature and Humans’ Place in It

On Our Pilgrimage Through Life

On Israel and Zion

Proverbs

1. Invitation to Wisdom

2. The Art of Living Together

3. Sharing the Burdens

4. The Good Citizen

5. What Delights God

Job

1. Job’s Complaint

2. Eliphaz and Job

3. Bildad and Job

4. Zophar and Job

5. Elihu the Bystander

6. God’s Voice Speaks

The Song of Songs

Lamentations

Ecclesiastes

Esther

Daniel

Ezra-Nehemiah

1. The Pioneers

The Prophets Haggai and Zechariah

2. Ezra the Religious Leader

The Prophet Malachi

3. Nehemiah the Nation-Builder

4. Nehemiah’s Great Reforms

5. The Torah as the Constitution

Along the Pathways

About Mortimer J. Cohen

About Arthur Szyk

Editor’s Note to the 2002 Edition.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8276-1115-3

OCLC:

698205142