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III. Hebrew Bible: Text, Translation, and Liturgical Use > Books and Booklets

 

The JPS Tanakh: Gender-Sensitive Edition (Jewish Publication Society, 2023) Available both online at Sefaria and in printPreface [PDF]Notes on Gender in Translation [PDF]Commentary on Translation Choices in THE JPS TANAKH (in progress; hosted by Sefaria.org).

Haftarot for Special Occasions: WeekdaysCourtesy of URJ Press (2008)More info.

 

The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation (Jewish Publication Society, 2006)Comprehensive analysis of how and when the Torah’s wording specifies genderThe acclaimed CJPS translationPrimer on gender in the TorahMore info.

 

The Torah: Documentation for the Revised EditionRefers to The Torah: A Modern Commentary, Revised Edition (2005) published by the Union for Reform JudaismExplains the editing of the Masoretic Hebrew textExplains the adaptation for gender accuracy of the NJPS translation for four biblical booksErrata for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th printings. [HTML/PDF]

 

Errata in Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary (NY: Rabbinical Assembly / United Syna­gogue of Conservative Judaism, 2001)Collation of corrections as the book goes through new printings. [PDF]

 

Preface to the JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh (1999)On the history of the Hebrew text of the Bible(Most of the printed preface is on the linked Web page.) [HTML]

 

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