The Jewish Study Bible, Second Edition by Berlin, Adele -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Maps, Charts and Diagrams Introduction: What is The Jewish Study Bible?

From Acknowledgments for the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the 1985 JPS Edition

On the History of Bible Translation On the Making of the New Translation

Alphabetical Listing of the Books of the Bible Hebrew Transliteration Guide to Abbreviations and Terms

Halftitle page Torah

Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy

Neviʾim

Joshua Judges 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel The Twelve

Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Kethuvim

Psalms Proverbs Job The Five Megillot (Scrolls)

The Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra Nehemiah 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles

Introduction to the Essays

Jewish Interpretation of the Bible

Inner-biblical Interpretation Early Nonrabbinic Interpretation The Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls Classical Rabbinic Interpretation Midrash and Jewish Exegesis Medieval Jewish Interpretation The Bible in the Jewish Philosophical Tradition The Bible in the Jewish Mystical Tradition Jewish Biblical Scholarship from the 17th to the 19th Centuries Modern Jewish Interpretation

Biblical Ideas and Institutions

The Religion of the Bible Concepts of Purity in the Bible Daily Life in Biblical Times The Temple Biblical Calendars Biblical Festivals and Fast Days Historical and Ideal Davidic Kingship War and Peace in the Bible

The Bible in Jewish Life

The Bible in the Synagogue The Bible in the Liturgy Jewish Customs The Bible in Israeli Life The Jewish Bible in America Jewish Women’s Scholarly Writings on the Bible Jewish Translations of the Bible

Backgrounds for Reading the Bible

The History of Israel in the Biblical Period Geography of Biblical Land of Israel Archeology and the Hebrew Bible On the Bible and the Ancient Near East Languages of the Bible Textual Criticism The Canonization of the Bible The Development of the Masoretic Bible The Modern Study of the Bible Gender in the Bible Reading Biblical Poetry Reading Biblical Narrative Reading Biblical Law

The Hebrew Bible in Other Scriptures

Weights and Measures Timeline Chronological Table of Rulers Calendar Table of Biblical Readings Chapter/ Verse Differences Translations of Primary Sources Glossary Index