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The Jewish Study Bible
Contextualizes the Hebrew Bible with accompanying scholarly text on Jewish traditions and history.
Introduction: What Is “The Jewish Study Bible”?
Preface to the 1985 JPS Edition
The Jewish Study Bible
Torah
Introduction to the Torah
Modern Source Theories
Compilation and Redaction of the Torah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Nevi'im
Introduction
The Historical Books and Historiography
The Former Prophets and the Deuteronomistic History
The Historical Books and Historicity
The Latter Prophets and Their Order
The Nature and Composition of the Prophetic Books
The Phenomenon of Prophecy
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
The Twelve
Introduction
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Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Kethuvim
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The Historical Books in Kethuvim
Kethuvim as a Collection
Psalms
Proverbs
Job
The Five Megillot (Scrolls)
Introduction
The Song of Songs
Ruth
Lamentations
Ecclesiastes
Esther
Daniel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Introduction
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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
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Jewish Interpretation of the Bible
Inner‐biblical Interpretation
Early Nonrabbinic Interpretation
Biblical Retellings
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The Classical Rabbinic Period
Omnisignificance
Duplications and Redundancies
Rava and the Omnisignificant Revolution
Other Developments in Rabbinic Interpretation
The Beginning of the End
Nonlegal Interpretation
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The Spanish School (10th–11th Centuries)
Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089–1164)
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Northern France (11th–12th Centuries)
The Northern French School's Encounter with Christianity
Ashkenaz in the Late Middle Ages
Naḥmanides (1194–1271)
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The Bible in “The Literature of the Synagogue”: Translation, Sermon, Piyyut
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Is Jewish Liturgy Biblical?
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Inner and Outer Meaning are Ultimately Identical
The matter is similarly expressed in the Zohar:
Poetic Incarnation and the Embodied Text of Textual Embodiment
Flesh Made Word and the Body as Text
The Significance of the Single Letter
The Bible in Israeli Life*
Early Days: The Holy Scripture of Secular Zionism
Method of Interpretation: Derash Claiming to Be Peshat
The Crisis of Secular Zionism Undermines the Validity of the National Midrash
Existential Peshat as a Possible Response to Current Needs
Jewish Women's Scholarly Writings on the Bible
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The Era of the Masoretic Codices
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