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Tanach: The Holy Scriptures
Jewish Publication Society
Regarded throughout the English-speaking world as the standard English translation of the Holy Scriptures, the Tanakh has been acclaimed by scholars, rabbis, and lay leaders. This translation (1985) represents more than a quarter of a century of intense collaboration between rabbis and scholars from the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform streams of Judaism working side by side with scholars in the Semitic languages and biblical studies. The translators consulted the most ancient texts and the most modern commentaries in undertaking the awesome responsibility of preparing a text that would become a standard for the community. The Torah, Prophets (Nevi'im), and Writings (Kethuvim) are here in a single volume, incorporating the latest revisions.
TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures
The Book of Legends
Hayim Nahman Bialik (Editor),Yehoshua Ravnitzky (Editor)
The publication of the complete Book of Legends in English is a landmark event in Jewish learning. Since its original compilation (1908-11) by Bialik and Ravnitzky, two commanding figures in Hebrew literature, this work has been a classic text of rabbinic legend and lore. It is a thematic anthology of nonlegal rabbinic literature on all aspects of human life (e.g., creation, redemption, wisdom, clothing, folk medicine studied through Jewish stories, parables, sayings, homilies, and anecdotes). The translation by Braude is clear, lucid, and readable and includes interpolations that increase the sense and comprehension of the text. The introduction by David Stern analyzes both the volume's place in Rabbinic Judaism and the achievement of the compilers, noting both strengths and weaknesses.
The Book of Legends =: Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Legends from the Talmud and
A Torah Commentary for Our Times
Harvey J. Fields
This commentary, written in English, will make enjoyable reading, not only in the study of the weekly Torah portions, but also in the interpretations and nuances of those portions. Each begins with an overview, followed by a translation by Rabbi Fields. Then important themes brought out in the Torah reading are highlighted. Next, each theme is "discussed" by commentators from ancient to modern. Each portion ends with several questions for discussion. (To be used if you can't find enough to discuss in the commentaries, we suppose.)
Genesis
Exodus and Leviticus, Vol. 2
Torah Commentary for Our Times: Volume 3: Numbers and Deuteronomy
A Torah Commentary for Our Times (Boxed set)
Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew Bible
Joseph Telushkin
Encyclopedic in scope, but dynamic and original in its observations and organization, Biblical Literacy makes available in one volume the Bible's timeless stories of love, deceit, and the human condition; its most important laws and ideas; and an annotated listing of all 613 laws of the Torah. For both layman and professional, there is no other reference work or interpretation of the Bible quite like this stunning volume.
Biblical Literacy: The Most Important People, Events, and Ideas of the Hebrew
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People and Its History
Joseph Telushkin
A collection of 346 important facts about Judaism and its people. Telushkin ranges through all of Jewish history and literature to extract the enduring concepts one needs to know in order to be a well-informed, modern Jew.
Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion,
Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works and Thinkers
Joseph Telushkin
The companion volume to Jewish Literacy (the bestselling Jewish book of 1993). Explains the essential Jewish teachings and how they have shaped the Jewish religion, its people, culture and history. Organized by subject, the book illuminates every aspect of human life with passages from the most important texts in Judaism.
Jewish Wisdom: Ethical, Spiritual, and Historical Lessons from the Great Works
The Pentateuch & Haftorahs: Hebrew Text English Translation & Commentary
J. H. Hertz (Editor)
This work, which gives the text in Hebrew and English, accompanied by a brief exposition of both the Pentateuch and the Haftorahs for use in Synagogue, School and Home. Its aim is two-fold; the exposition, firstly, of the 'plain sense' of the Sacred Text; and secondly, of its religious message as affecting everyday problems of human existance....
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs
