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Tanakh the holy scriptures: the new JPS translation according...

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The Tanakh, an edition of the Holy Scriptures of Judaism, put out by the Jewish Publication Society (JPS), is not simply a new translation of the Christian Old Testament. Indeed, most Christian readers would be surprised at the differences inherent in the Tanakh.
The word Tanakh consists of the first letters of the words denoting the three sections of the text: the Torah (the Law), consisting of the first five books; the Nevi'im (the Prophets), which includes major and minor prophets, as well as some of the history books; and the Kethuvim (the Writings), which consists of poetry, wisdom literature, stories and eschatological literature, and some further history books.
The first thing that strikes the reader more familiar with a Bible a la King James Version, is the the ordering of the books.
The intent behind the differing order demonstrates one of the key differences in focus of Judaism and Christianity. The ordering of the Old Testament, with the minor prophets, and their call to repentance and future deliverance of the people of Israel by God, is anticipatory of the Messianic age, and hence provide a `run-up' to the New Testament..

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R 221.52 BIB t

Z. HANDIMAN

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R 221.52 BIB t

Publisher

Philadelphia : The Jewish Pub.., 1988

Collation

xxxvi,1624p.; 24 cm.

Language

English

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0-8276-0283-9

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R 221.52

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OLD TESTAMENT - TANAKH, HEBREW TEXTS

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