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ʻEts ḥayim = Etz Hayim : Torah and commentary / senior editor, David L. Lieber ; editor of the P'shat commentary, Chaim Potok ; editor of the D'rash commentary, Harold Kushner ; literary editor, Jules Harlow ; editors of Halakhah l'Ma·aseh, Elliot Dorff and Susan Grossman ; author of the Haftarah commentary, Michael Fishbane.

Title
ʻEts ḥayim = Etz Hayim : Torah and commentary / senior editor, David L. Lieber ; editor of the P'shat commentary, Chaim Potok ; editor of the D'rash commentary, Harold Kushner ; literary editor, Jules Harlow ; editors of Halakhah l'Ma·aseh, Elliot Dorff and Susan Grossman ; author of the Haftarah commentary, Michael Fishbane.
Publication
[Philadelphia] : Jewish Publication Society, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Lieber, David L.
  • Harlow, Jules
  • United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
  • Rabbinical Assembly
Description
xxiv, 1559 p., [7] p. of plates : ill., col. maps; 26 cm.
Summary
Presents an English version of the Torah based on the renowned JPS 1985 translation, accompanied by separate p'shat and d'rash commentary themes, showing two approaches to interpreting the text. Also includes essays on key themes by prominent Conservative Movement rabbis and scholars; a special section, halakhah l'ma-aseh, that points out where Jewish laws are based on biblical passages; and indications of traditional readings for Sephardic and Ashkenazic communities.
Uniform Title
  • Bible. Pentateuch. English & Hebrew. 2001.
  • Bible. Pentateuch. English. Jewish Publication Society. 2001.
Alternative Title
Etz Hayim.
Subject
  • Bible. > Commentaries
  • Haftarot > Commentaries
  • Bible. > Theology
  • Conservative Judaism > Customs and practices
Genre/Form
Commentaries
Note
  • Added title in Hebrew.
  • Text is paged right to left.
  • "The Rabbinical Assembly, The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism."
  • Includes the haftarot and commentary on them, p'shat and d'rash commentaries, comments on Conservative halakhic practice, topical essays, and other material.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Text of the Pentateuch in Hebrew and English; commentary in English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Haftarot for holidays and special occasions -- Essays: Biblical life and perspectives; Biblical religion and law; Worship, ritual and halakhah; Text and context -- Blessings for Torah and Haftarah -- Names of the trope [sic] and their notations -- Decalogue with "upper" accents -- Abbreviations -- Maps of Biblical lands -- Glossary -- Transliteration of Hebrew -- Artist's rendition of the Tabernacle and its furnishings -- Time line for the Hebrew Bible -- Etz Hayim committees -- Contributors -- Index.
ISBN
0827607121
LCCN
^^2001029757
OCLC
  • 46822344
  • SCSB-10118338
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library