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The Jewish Bible.
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, story...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Jewish Publication Society,
©2008.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. |
| Collection: | JPS guide.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.