ETZ Hayim. Torah and Commentary. (Briefly Noted).ETZ ETZ Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift ETZ Metz/Nancy, France - Frescaty (Airport Code) ETZ Extrapolations-To-Zero Hayim. Torah and Commentary. Edited by David L. Lieber and others (Jewish Publication Society, $72.50). This annotated Bible has been produced by the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the primary organization of synagogues practicing Conservative Judaism in North America. It closely works with the Rabbinical Assembly, the international body of Conservative Rabbis, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and features stellar names like Chaim Potok, Nahum M. Sarna Nahum Mattathias Sarna (March 27, 1923–June 23, 2005) (Hebrew: נחום סרנה) was a modern Biblical scholar who is best known for the study of Genesis and Exodus represented in his Understanding Genesis , Baruch A. Levine, Jacob Milgrom, Jeffrey H. Tigay, Harold Kushner, and Michael Fishbane. It offers the Hebrew text and English translation (JPS JPS Jewish Publication Society JPS John Peter Smith (Hospital; Texas) JPS Justice & Public Safety JPS Jean Piaget Society JPS Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome JPS Joint Planning Staff version) of the Pentateuch and the related liturgical readings from the Prophets (Haftaroth). Three sets of comments are printed on each page: standard historical and philological notes; gleanings glean·ings pl.n. Things that have been collected bit by bit: the gleanings of patient scholars. gleanings Noun, pl pieces of information that have been gleaned from ancient, medieval, and modem mid-rashic theological reflections; and ethical advice for today's Conservative Jews. In addition there are 41 essays on aspects of biblical life, religion and law, worship and ritual, and text and context. The commentary is reverential but not apologetic and recognizes that some issues like slavery or the command to kill the Canaanites must be reinterpreted by later generations in light of principles of equity and justice that are central to the Torah. Christian readers too will profit greatly from this Bible. |
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