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THE TORAH. THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, SECOND EDITION A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text
(c. 1962) 1977: Philadelphia. Jewish Publication Society Of America. Second Edition; Ninth Printing. . Hardcover. Blue cloth, bright gold lettering. Table of Scriptural Readings. RELIGION. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. "...significant advances have been made during the past half century in biblical archaeology and in the recovery of the languages and civilizations of the peoples among whom the Israelites lived and whose modes of living and thinking they largely shared. In accuracy alone we believe this translation has improved on the JPS translation (of 1917) in literally hundreds of passages...the present rendering is not a revision, but essentially a new translation...Obsolete words and phrases were avoided; and Hebrew idioms were translated, in so far as possible, by means of their normal English equivalents...this second edition, while adhering to the same policies and principles of Bible translation that were followed in the first edition, occasionally differs from it in phrasing and sometimes in meaning. "; 8-1/2" Tall; 393 pages. is unaffected, else minor wear and soil on the complete DJ.. . ISBN Number:. Keywords:[]
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