The Jewish Study Bible
By: Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, editors
Contributors: Jewish Publication Society
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 2309
ISBN-13: 9780199978465
Subjects: Bible; Commentaries; Jewish Versions
Other titles: Torah, Nevi'im, Kethuvim; New Oxford Bible maps, Jewish Study Bible.
Work titles: Bible. Old Testament. English. Jewish Publication Society (1985). 2014
Description: "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."--
Notes: "Jewish Publication Society Tanakh translation."

Previous edition published: 2004.

Includes preface to the 1985 JPS edition, published under title: Tanakh : a new translation of the Holy Scriptures according to the traditional Hebrew text.

Includes: The new Oxford Bible maps, Jewish Study Bible / prepared by Oxford cartographers and based on the Oxford Bible atlas (14 pages at end of volume).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Torah; title: Nevi'im; title: Kethuvim; title: Essays. Jewish interpretation of the Bible ; Biblical ideas and institutions ; The Bible in Jewish life ; Backgrounds for reading the Bible ; The Hebrew Bible in other scriptures.