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.
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The Jewish Study Bible [2nd edition]
The Jewish Study Bible [2nd edition]
The Jewish Study Bible
Second Edition
Edited by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler
New to this Edition:
Over two dozen new and updated essays
Updated annotations for nearly the entire Bible
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