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.

Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
[Philadelphia] : Jewish Publication Society, c2001.
Description
xxiv, 1559 p., [7] p. of plates : ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Summary note
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.
Notes
  • 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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Language note
Text of the Pentateuch in Hebrew and English; commentary in English.
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.
Other title(s)
  • Etz Hayim.
  • Bible. Pentateuch. English. Jewish Publication Society. 2001.
ISBN
0827607121
LCCN
^^2001029757
OCLC
46822344
RCP
H - S
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