TY  - BOOK
TI  - The Jewish Bible
T2  - JPS guide
SN  - 9780827610323
AV  - BS1140.3 .J67 2008eb
U1  - 221.6/1 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Philadelphia, PA
PB  - Jewish Publication Society
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Introductions
KW  - fast
KW  - Altes Testament
KW  - swd
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Criticism & Interpretation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-279) and index; What is the Bible? -- How the Bible became "the Bible" -- The origins of the Hebrew Bible text -- The Torah scroll -- Public reading of the Torah -- A short history of Bible translations -- The matter of gender in the JPS Torah translation -- Storytelling in the Bible -- Biblical law -- Biblical poetry -- The books of the Prophets -- Wisdom literature -- Methods of Bible study -- Commentaries on the Bible -- Midrash -- Summaries of the books of the Bible -- Glossary -- Family tree of the Torah -- Weights and measures in the Bible -- Timeline of Biblical events -- Chronology of the prophets -- Chronology of the monarchies -- Familiar quotations from the Bible -- Maps of Biblical lands
N2  - This guide to the Jewish Bible explains what the Jewish Bible is, how it developed, its structure and differences between it and Christian Bibles. It also includes short histories of Bible translations and commentaries, a guide to characters and places, plus an introduction to Biblical poetry, storytelling, law and Bible study
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