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Print Price: $116.95

Format:
Leather Binding
2400 pp.
full-color map section; 24 b/w illustrations, 6.75" x 9.75"

ISBN-13:
9780190263898

Publication date:
October 2015

Imprint: OUP US


The Jewish Study Bible

Second Edition, Second Edition

Edited by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler

First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. It has won acclaim from readers in all religious traditions.

The Jewish Study Bible combines the entire Hebrew Bible - in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation - with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its role in Jewish life. The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life.

This second edition includes revised annotations for nearly the entire Bible, as well as forty new and updated essays on many of the issues in Jewish interpretation, Jewish worship in the biblical and post-biblical periods, and the influence of the Hebrew Bible in the ancient world.

The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition, is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Hebrew Bible.

Readership : Students and scholars of the Hebrew Bible, Jewish studies, Old Testament.

Reviews

  • From the previous edition: ''The Jewish Study Bible encompasses a monumental assembly of critical learning and acumen, representing the achievement of an entire generation of Jewish scholars. The commentaries are not only erudite but purposeful and theologically alert. A heroic undertaking, brilliantly conceived and executed with panache.''

    --Jacob Neusner

  • ''Serious students of Judaism will want to have a copy of this outstanding and surprisingly affordable study Bible, which stands in the tradition of Oxford's great study Bibles. ''
    --Publishers Weekly, Religion Bookline

  • ''Another superb holiday gift, especially appropriate for non-Orthodox Jews, is The Jewish Study Bible from Oxford University Press, which finally stands alongside the many verse-by-verse commentaries for Christians. This work also is recommended for serious-minded Christian readers."

    --Associated Press

  • ''This is an essential acquisition for every library and an indispensable addition for every Jewish home. It has been needed for a long time.''

    --Nahum M. Sarna, Judaica, Florida Atlantic University

  • ''The Jewish Study Bible is a major accomplishment. It provides accessible essays from the full gamut of Jewish scholarship, and a running commentary that draws liberally from both traditional and scientific perspectives.''

    --Lawrence A. Hoffman, Liturgy, Worship and Ritual, Hebrew Union College

  • "First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible is a landmark, one-volume resource tailored especially for the needs of students of the Hebrew Bible. It has won acclaim from readers in all religious traditions... The quality of scholarship, easy-to-navigate format, and vibrant supplementary features bring the ancient text to life... The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition, is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Hebrew Bible."

    --Jewish Media Review

  • "Each essay is informed, informative, and written by an authority on the subject being analyzed. Taken altogether, the essays provide a nearly exhaustive picture of all the topics basic to understanding the Bible and its background. An extremely useful resource... Highly recommended."

    --CHOICE

Introduction
Maps and Diagrams
Preface to the 1985 JPS Edition
Alphabetical Listing of the Books of the Bible
Hebrew Transliteration
Guide to Abbreviations and Terms
Abbreviations Used for the Books of the Bible
Abbreviations and Terms Used in the Footnotes to the Translation
Abbreviations Used in the Annotations, Introductions, and Essays
Torah
Marc Zvi Brettler: Introduction
Jon D. Levenson: Genesis
Jeffrey H. Tigay: Exodus
Baruch J. Schwarta: Leviticus
Nili S. Fox: Numbers
Bernard M. Levinson: Deuteronomy
Nevi'im
Marc Zvi Brettler: Introduction
Nili Wazana: Joshua
Yairah Amit: Judges
Marc Zvi Brettler: 1 & 2 Samuel by Shimon bar-Efra
Ziony Zevit: 1 & 2 Kings
Benjamin D. Sommer: Isaiah
Dalit rom Shiloni: Jeremiah
Tova Ganzel: Ezekiel
Ehud Ben Zvi: The Twelve
Ketuvim
Marc Zvi Brettler: Introduction
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler: Psalms
Michael V. Fox: Proverbs
Edward Greenstein: Job
Marc Zvi Brettler: Megillot (The Scrolls) Introduction
Elsie Stern: The Song of Songs
Adele Reinhartz: Ruth
Adele Berlin: Lamentations
Peter Machinist: Ecclesiastes
Adele Berlin: Esther
Lawrence M. Willis: Daniel
Hindy Najman: Ezra-Nehemiah
David Rothstein: 1 & 2 Chronicles
ESSAYS
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler: Introduction
Jewish Interpretation of the Bible
Benjamin D. Sommer: Inner-biblical Interpretation
Hindy Najman: Early Nonrabbinic Interpretation
Esther Eshel: The Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Yaakov Elman: Classical Rabbinic Interpretation
David Stern: Midrash and Midrashic Interpretation
Barry D. Walfish: Medieval Jewish Interpretation
Hava Tirosh-Samuelson: The Bible in the Jewish Philosophical Tradition
Michael Fishbane: The Bible in the Jewish Mystical Tradition
Edward Breuer: 17th-19th C. Jewish Interpretation
Marc Zvi Brettler: Modern Jewish Interpretation
Biblical Ideas and Institutions
Stephen A. Geller: The Religion of the Bible
Jonathan Klawans: Concepts of Purity in the Bible
Oded Borowski: Daily Life in Biblical Times
Victor Avigdor Hurowitz: The Temple
Sasha Stern: Biblical Calendars
Baruch Levine: Biblical Festivals and Fast Days
Marvin Sweeney: Historical and Ideal Davidic Kingship
Jacob Wright: War and Peace in the Bible
The Bible in Jewish Life
Avigdor Shinan: The Bible in the Synagogue
Ruth Langer: The Bible in the Liturgy
Daniel Sperber: The Bible and Jewish Custom
Uriel Simon: The Bible in Israeli Life
Jonathan Sarna: The Jewish Bible in America
Adele Reinhartz: Jewish Women's Writings on the Bible
Leonard J. Greenspoon: Jewish Translations of the Bible
Backgrounds for Reading the Bible
Oded Lipschits: The History of Israel in the Biblical Period
Amitai Baruchi-Unna: The Geography of the Land of Israel
Aren Maeir: The Archeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period
Jack Sasson: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Bible
Steven E. Fassberg: Languages of the Bible
Emanuel Tov: Textual Criticism of the Bible
Marc Zvi Brettler: The Canonization of the Bible
Jordan S. Penkower: The Development of the Masoretic Bible
Marvin Sweeney: The Modern Study of the Bible
Marc Zvi Brettler: Gender in the Bible
Adele Berlin: Reading Biblical Poetry
Yair Zakovitch: Reading Biblical Prose
Shalom Holtz: Reading Biblical Law
The Hebrew Bible in Other Scriptures
A.-J. Levine: The Hebrew Bible in the New Testament
Jack Lassner: The Hebrew Bible in the Qur'an
Tables and Charts
Weights and Measures
Timeline
Chronological Table of Rulers
Calendar
Table of Biblical Readings
Chapter and Verse Differences
Translations of Primary Sources
Glossary
Index

There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.

Adele Berlin is Robert H. Smith Professor of Hebrew Bible Emerita at the University of Maryland. Marc Zvi Brettler is Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University.

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Special Features

  • Informative essays that address a wide variety of topics relating to Judaism's use and interpretation of the Bible throughout the ages.
  • Section and book introductions that deliver insights into the background, structure, and meaning of the text.
  • Running commentary beside the biblical text that provides in-depth theological interpretation.
  • Features the Jewish Publication Society TANAKH translation.
  • Full-color Oxford Bible maps.
  • Verse and chapter differences between the Hebrew text and many English translations.
  • Table of Scriptural readings for synagogue use.
  • Glossary of technical terms.
New to this Edition
  • Over two dozen new and updated essays.
  • Updated annotations for nearly the entire Bible.