Bibles, Study Guides, and Accessories
Deciding which bibles and bible references and bible commentaries to stock is a challenge. I attempt a historical and a critical approach. We begin with the Hebrew and Greek originals. We move through the significant translations chronologically: the Geneva (with its sharp and learned Calvinist notes), the King James (safer for its sponsor), the New Revised Standard, and the excellent harvest of translations in the late 20th Century -- the New International, the English Standard, and the Common English.
Our dictionaries and handbooks tend to be a little conservative, mostly because I am skeptical of the confidence and the imagination of modern liberal scholars. Two thousand years of brilliant minds have thought about and written about scriptures (longer and more in the case of the Hebrew scriptures), and the humble approach with that perspective is useful and wise. The best approach is to begin with the basics and go from there.
On a less controversial note, protect your treasure of wisdom with a book cover or tote. We have several designs with neat features.
JPS Illustrated Children's Bible
JPS Illustrated Children's Bible
Using the 1985 JPS translation (NJPS) of the Hebrew Bible as her foundation, an acclaimed storyteller and Jewish scholar masterfully selects and retells 53 Bible stories that will both delight and educate today's young readers. With his enticing, full-page color illustrations of each story, award-winning Israeli artist Katz ignites readers' imaginations.