The Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License has been applied to all content in The JPS TANAKH. The Word 'law' As Found In The JPS 1917 Has Been Changed To 'Torah' In All Places Where The Root Hebrew (TORAH) IS IN THE CORRESPONDING LENINGRAD CODEX TEXT In Converting 'Law' to 'Torah', We Counted A Total Of 223 Occurrences In The JPS 1917 Tanakh Yerushalam, Yerushalem and Yerushalayim. A landmark of Jewish religious scholarship. Turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable, contemporary language. This title is a JPS classic! View the full list here. The resulting text is a triumph of literary style and biblical scholarship, unsurpassed in accuracy and clarity. They drew upon the latest findings in linguistics and archaeology, as well as the work of early rabbinic and medieval commentators, grammarians, and philologians. In executing this monumental task, the translators made use of the entire range of biblical interpretation, ancient and modern, Jewish and non-Jewish. Not since the third century b.c.e., when 72 elders of the tribes of Israel created the Greek translation of Scriptures known as the Septuagint has such a broad-based committee of Jewish scholars produced a major Bible translation. It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis, representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in the United States. The JPS TANAKH is an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text. Regarded throughout the English-speaking world as the standard English translation of the Holy Scriptures, the JPS TANAKH has been acclaimed by scholars, rabbis, lay leaders, Jews, and Christians alike. For information about other editions of the JPS TANAKH, download The JPS Tanakh: A Customer Guide to Choosing Your Bible. Ebook versions of this title may be purchased from most ebook vendors. This edition is available in hardcover and paperback.
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