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Entering the High Holy Days:
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Entering the High Holy Days provides historical background and an interpretation of the ideas, practices, and the liturgy of Judaism’s High Holy Days, giving them contemporary relevance. This classic guide to the most important days of the Jewish year was a recipient of the 1998 National Jewish Book...
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Legends of the Jews:
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A masterpiece of Jewish literature, Legends of the Jews presents a comprehensive compilation of remarkable stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mytholog...
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JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions:
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The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions provides thousands of insights into the origins, history, and current interpretations of a wealth of Jewish traditions and customs. Ronald Eisenberg has distilled an immense amount of material from classic and contemporary sources into a single volume. Chock full o...
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JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words:
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The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words contains over 1,000 entries derived from Yiddish, Hebrew, Aramaic, and English. The entries include words for and associated with Jewish holidays and life-cycle events, culture, history, the Bible and other sacred texts, worship, and more.
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The JPS Classic Midrash Collection:
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The JPS Classic Midrash Collection brings together three ancient anthologies of Midrash. The two Mekhilta titles deal exclusively with the book of Exodus, acting as commentaries that exegetically illuminate both the legal (Halakhic) and moral (Aggadic) aspects of the text. The Pesikta de-Rab Kahana ...
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JPS Tanakh Commentary Collection (9 Vols.) :
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Written by distinguished Hebrew Bible scholars, the commentaries from the Jewish Publication Society represent a fusion of classical and modern sources. Utilizing the latest research to enhance understanding of the biblical text, each volume takes its place as one of the most authoritative yet acces...
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Tanakh, The Holy Scriptures:
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The Tanakh is an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures (Old Testament) into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic-the traditional Hebrew text. It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis representing the three largest branches of orga...
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The JPS Bible Commentary: Jonah:
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Simon provides a critical line-by-line commentary of the biblical text. It includes an extensive scholarly introduction, generous bibliographic and critical notes, and other explanatory material. Simon refers to traditional rabbinic commentaries, and the Mishna, Midrash and Talmud. His commentary al...
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The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther:
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The commentary approaches the Book of Esther from a fresh literary point-of-view. It includes essays entitled “When and Where Was the Book of Esther Written?”; “Sex and Spies”; “Rabbinic Interpretation”; and many others. Recipient of the Prize of the Minister of Science, Culture, and Sport [of the S...
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus:
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From Library Journal: “…a masterful commentary by eminent scholar Sarna. Drawing upon classical and modern sources, Sarna’s exegesis and historical and philological interpretations are scholarly yet quite accessible to nonspecialist readers. Included are an introduction, six excurses on problematic ...
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Leviticus:
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Levine’s scholarly commentary on Leviticus offers a lucid and detailed treatment of the sacred text. The commentary contains a great many amplifications on the text beyond the line-by-line analysis, including discussion of the laws of Kashrut, the pursuit of holiness, the principles of land tenure, ...
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis:
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Balancing reverence for the text with rigorous scholarship, Sarna’s commentary is an illuminating and exhaustive treatment of Genesis. Included with the line-by-line analysis are thirty excursuses, and helpful maps. The commentary also features expository sections, including “Eden and the Expulsion:...
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Numbers:
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Milgrom’s exhaustive commentary on Numbers offers penetrating insights into this sacred book. Throughout, he maintains respect for classical Jewish commentators, but does not hesitate to incorporate modern Biblical research. The commentary itself is divided into two parts, “The Generations of the Ex...
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy:
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In this comprehensive commentary on Deuteronomy, Tigay handles the often complex text with the skill of a master scholar. Within the line-by-line commentary are elaborations on specific textual, historical and social issues that oftentimes continue through many pages. This is above and beyond the 33...
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The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot:
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The haftarot are an ancient part of Hebrew liturgy. These supplemental readings are excerpted from the Prophets (Nevi’im) and accompany each weekly Sabbath reading from the Torah as well as readings for special Sabbaths and festivals.Noted Bible scholar Michael Fishbane introduces each haftarah with...
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The JPS Bible Commentary: Ecclesiastes:
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Fox’s potent commentary is a terrific introduction to Ecclesiastes for the educated layman or scholar who wishes to better understand this fascinating and sometimes frustrating book. The author succinctly presents the consensus of modern thought on Ecclesiastes: that it is a fairly late production a...
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Product Guide to Multi-Volume Commentaries:
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Product Guide to Multi-Volume Commentaries
All of the multivolume commentary series listed below are available for the Libronix Digital Library System. They are listed in alphabetical order.
For each commentary series, we give the series title, publisher, which Bible version(s) is follo...
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Torah and Bible Study: How is it Different Today?:
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Torah and Bible Study: How is it Different Today?
The Talmud, in Tractate Shabbat (30b), relates a story about King David’s Bible study: it was so devoted that "the Angel of Death stood before him but could not prevail against him, because learning ...
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