,  <br/><br/>
The Jewish Bible   JPS Guide 

 - Philadelphia  Jewish Publication Society  2008 
 - 291p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>What is the bible ? ....1  How the bible became the Bible ...........13  The origins of the hebrew bible text .........19  The torah scroll ........25  Public Reading of the Torah ..............29  A short history of bible translations ...........33  The matter of gender in the JPS Torah Translation ................51  Storytelling in the bible ..........57  Biblical Law ...........69  Biblical Poetry.......77  The books of the prophets .......91  Methods of bible study ........107  Commentaries on the bible ........121  Midrash ............153  Summaries of the books of the Bible ...........169     
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780827608511  1480 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible Old Testament
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B60  / J556