Beschreibung:
David E. S. Stein, the revising translator and project manager of this gender-sensitive edition, has served as the general editor and revising translator for The Torah: A Modern Commentary, Revised Edition; project manager for Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary; managing editor for the JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH (JPS, 1999); and editor of The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the Original JPS Translation (JPS, 2006).
Contents Table of Scriptural Readings Preface Glossary for the Footnotes Abbreviations and Terms Torah - The Five Books of Moses Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Nevi'im - The Prophets Joshua Judges I Samuel II Samuel I Kings II Kings Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel The Twelve Minor Prophets Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ketuvim - The Writings Psalms Proverbs Job The Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah I Chronicles II Chronicles
This edition renews and revises the iconic Jewish Publication Society translation of the Bible to reflect advances in scholarship and changes in English while maintaining the utmost fidelity to the original Hebrew.