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Tanakh = [Tanakh] : a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the traditional Hebrew text.

Author: Jewish Publication Society.
Publisher: Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1985.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The Tanakh is an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures 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 organized Judaism in America.

Not since the third century B.C.E., when seventy-two elders of the tribes of Israel created the Greek translation of Scriptures known as the Septuagint, has such a broad-based committee of Jewish scholars produced a major Bible translation.

In executing this monumental task, the translators made use of the entire range of biblical interpretation, ancient and modern, Jewish and non-Jewish. They drew upon the latest findings in linguistics and archaeology as well as the work of early rabbinic and medieval commentators, grammarians, and philologians. The resulting text is a triumph of literary style and biblical scholarship, unsurpassed in accuracy and clarity.  Read more...

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Bible. O.T. English. Jewish Publication Society. 1985.
Tanakh.
Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society, 1985
(OCoLC)649985697
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jewish Publication Society.
ISBN: 0827602529 9780827602526 0827602839 9780827602830 0827602847 9780827602847 0827602642 9780827602649 9780827608535 0827608535 9780827608559 0827608551
OCLC Number: 12105038
Notes: Title facing t.p.: Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim = Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim.
Description: xxvi, 1624 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Torah --
Neviʼim --
Kethuvim.
Other Titles: Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim.
Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim.
Bible.
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A translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the "Masoretic" (the traditional Hebrew) text. It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars  Read more...

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"Turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable, contemporary language. A landmark of Jewish religious scholarship." - Time"

 
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