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The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot
A National Jewish Book Award Finalist The haftarot are an ancient part of Hebrew liturgy. These supplemental readings are excerpted from the Prophets (Nevi'im) and accompany each …
Judaism and Ecology
Jewish ecological discourse has shown that Judaism harbors deep concern for the well-being of the natural world. However, the movement has not articulated a Jewish theology of …
Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys
The Garments of Torah
"In this almost painfully beautiful book . . . Fishbane . . . explores the question of the kind of canon, privileged status, or Logos, the Torah actually has for the post-modern …
Biblical Text and Texture
The bible remains one of the major literary achievements of human history, comprising over 60 documents, with as many contributors, and composed over many centuries. In this book, …
“Sha'arei Talmon”
Offered in celebration of Talmon’s half-century of life and study in Israel, the essays in this Festschrift reflect Talmon’s lifelong interest in all phases of biblical and related …
The JPS Bible Commentary: Song of Songs
Song of Songs is a wondrous collection of love lyrics nestled in the heart of the Hebrew Bible—songs of passion and praise between a young maiden and her beloved. It is religious …
The Jewish Intellectual Tradition
The Jewish intellectual tradition has a long and complex history that has resulted in significant and influential works of scholarship. In this book, the authors suggest that there …
The Exegetical Imagination
Exegesis--interpretation and explanation of sacred texts--is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Through such means and methods, the written words of Hebrew Scripture have been …
Minhah Le-Nahum
Nahum Sarna's distinctive and original scholarship has taken in a wide range of subject areas from work on Genesis and the Psalms to his Jewish Bible commentary and the English …
Exegetical Imagination
Exegesis--interpretation and explanation of sacred texts--is the quintessence of rabbinic thought. Through such means and methods, the written words of Hebrew Scripture have been …
Midrash Unbound
Midrash is arguably the most ancient genre of Jewish literature, forming a voluminous body of scriptural exegesis over the course of centuries. There is hardly anything in the …