The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the JPS Translation (Jewish Publication Society, 2006; 424 pages). Rabbi David E. S. Stein, revising editor. Consulting editors: Adele Berlin, Ellen Frankel, Carol Meyers.

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PUBLISHER’S WEB PAGE FOR THIS BOOK, which includes a Q&A interview with me.

WHAT OTHERS SAY

xxxxxMy response to a review by Athalya Brenner in Mo'ed 18 (2008)

PREFACE • The need for a gender-sensitive version • Strengths and limitations of the base translation (NJPS) • Adaptation methodology • 31 pp. [PDF]

ERRATA (corrections and refinements) as of 29 June 2008 • Includes a replacement p. xxxi. [PDF]

Supporting Documentation

• Translator’s Notes for the 2005 version • Detailed analysis for Exodus–Deuteronomy, but created prior to my understandings of ’ish as a term of affiliation, and of the gender-muting of “male” terms when they point to a class.

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