Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text Summary and Reviews

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text
by Jewish Publication Society of America

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text
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Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1985-09
ISBN: 0827602529
Number of pages: 1624
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America

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Book Review: What got me reading the Bible
Summary: 5 Stars

I never could get into the King James Bible. Too wordy, too preachy talky, too much Shakespearean muddle. Others find it a beautiful text, but in the beauty of the old English a lot of plot gets lost. There are other more modern translations but oft-times they are based upon this King James and the original mistranslations are preserved. After taking a class I fell in love with this book because it has all the things that I found wanting in other Bibles---wit, style, easy to read, and a wicked sense of humor. I have taken to judging Bibles by whether or not 1 Samual 5:12 admits that God gave the Philistines hemmerhoids as Divine Justice instead of "tumors" as most translations like to say. Also from a Jewish perspective, this book is perfect since it is not written as if it is a prologue to that Jesus material but a complete book in and of itself. Now taking a class in Biblical Hebrew I know that there is a lot of mistakes in this book as well. I also know that every individual book of the Bible (especially Torah) has better translations on the market, but this book is the best all around translation. Every book achieves a level of decency that would make people actually want to read the bible for reasons other than religious. When I read this book I was entertained which is something Bibles usually don't do for me. Also it is one of the main reasons why I've decided to convert to Judaism, but even if you are Christian and staying that way or if you are curious about what the Bible really says, this is a great resource.

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