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Jewish Publication Society, 1991 - Religion - 278 pages

The JPS Torah Commentary series guides readers through the words and ideas of the Torah. Each volume is the work of a scholar who stands at the pinnacle of his field. Every page contains:

  • complete traditional Hebrew text, with cantillation notes
  • JPS translation of the Holy Scriptures
  • aliyot breaks
  • Masoretic notes
  • commentary by a distinguished Hebrew Bible scholar, integrating classical and modern sources

Each volume also contains supplementary essays that elaborate upon key words and themes, a glossary of commentators and sources, extensive bibliographic notes, and maps.

Contents

Reversal of Fortune
3
The Commissioning of Moses
13
Initial Failure
22
Divine Reaffirmation
30
The Plagues
38
The Last Act
53
Commemorative Rituals
64
Shirat haYam
75
The Laws
117
THE TABERNACLE
155
The Installation of the Priests
186
An Appendix to the Instructions
193
The Golden Calf
202
Renewal of the Covenant
215
The Construction of the Tabernacle
222
NOTES TO THE COMMENTARY
239

Water Food Amalekites
83
Jethros Visit and the Organization of the Judiciary
97
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