The Jewish Study Bible

[kalt]

Do any of you have a Jewish Study Bible. I found one at a used bookstore recently. It will be interesting to see the differences in interpretation. (I also have a Catholic Study Bible.)

This one is by the Jewish Pulication Society Tanakh translation. I’m guessing that it doesn’t represent every Jew’s opinion, but it’s at least some sort of “official” interpretation that I can compare with Catholic interpretation.

Do any of you have these books? Have you compared to two?

 

[Eucharisted]

Have you read the Rabbinic traditions yet? I think they are online. You should give them a read.

 

[JeanneH]

Do any of you have a Jewish Study Bible. I found one at a used bookstore recently. It will be interesting to see the differences in interpretation. (I also have a Catholic Study Bible.)

This one is by the Jewish Pulication Society Tanakh translation. I’m guessing that it doesn’t represent every Jew’s opinion, but it’s at least some sort of “official” interpretation that I can compare with Catholic interpretation.

Do any of you have these books? Have you compared to two?

I have the Jewish Study Bible as you describe above.

I haven’t compared it to a catholic study bible but I like the Jewish history it affords for the OT.

According to the local Rabi here they really don’t have an official teaching like we have the Magisterium.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Do any of you have a Jewish Study Bible. I found one at a used bookstore recently. It will be interesting to see the differences in interpretation. (I also have a Catholic Study Bible.)

This one is by the Jewish Pulication Society Tanakh translation. I’m guessing that it doesn’t represent every Jew’s opinion, but it’s at least some sort of “official” interpretation that I can compare with Catholic interpretation.

Do any of you have these books? Have you compared to two?

The JPS version is Reform Judaism’s take on the Bible. For the Orthodox or Conservative view, the standard Jewish Bible commentary is called the “Mikraot Gedolot”, and usually includes commentary by the eminent medieval Jewish thinkers (Rashi, Nachmanides, etc.). Trouble is, most editions are (1) hugely expensive, or (2) exclusively in Hebrew or Aramaic. Here’s one I like that’s not too expensive: judaism.com/display.asp?nt=DH&keyword=Mikraot%20Gedolot&etn=BDAFI

 

[Anna_Scott]

Do any of you have a Jewish Study Bible. I found one at a used bookstore recently. It will be interesting to see the differences in interpretation. (I also have a Catholic Study Bible.)

This one is by the Jewish Pulication Society Tanakh translation. I’m guessing that it doesn’t represent every Jew’s opinion, but it’s at least some sort of “official” interpretation that I can compare with Catholic interpretation.

Do any of you have these books? Have you compared to two?

I have the Jewish Publication Society’s Torah with a modern commentary and also the JPS Tanakh. This is Reformed Judaism.

The only Catholic Bible I have is the Catholic Comparative N.T. So, I don’t know how the Jewish commentary compares to Catholic Study Bibles.

I do know that the Jewish commentaries on the Torah differ in vast ways compared to Most Study Bibles used in the Protestant Sector.

The Jewish commentaries on the Torah are very interesting. Christianity has a whole different take on the interpretation of the Torah. We essentially took Jewish history and gave it a completely different meaning, which does concern me as a Christian.

Anna