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Year Male Personality in the Tanakh (Torah, Prophets, Writings) 1 Adam and Eve 235 Enosh 325 Kaynon 395 Mahalal El 460 Yered 622 Chanoch 687 M'TooShelach (Methuselah) 874 Lemech 1056 Noach 1558 Shem 1658 Arpach shad 1693 Shelach 1723 Ever 1757 Peleg 1787 R'u 1819 Serug 1849 Nachor 1878 Terach 1948 Avram / Avraham 1958 Sarai / Sarah (and Hagar and Keturah) 2048 Yitzchak Rivka 2108 Yaakov Leah and Rachel (and Bilhah and Zilpah) Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda, Yisaschar, and Zevulun were born of Leah Yosef and Binyameen were born of Rachel Dan and Naftali were born of Bilhah Gad and Asher were born of Zilpah Levi and Adina bore Kehat who bore Amram/Yocheved who bore Miriam, Aaron and 2368 Moshe Moshe married Tzipora, the daughter of Yithro (descendent of Keturah?) 2448 Revelation at Sinai Yehuda bore Peretz, who bore Chetzron who bore Ram, who bore Aminadav, who bore Nachshon, who bore Salma, who bore Boaz (who married Ruth), who bore Oved, who bore Yeeshiy, who bore David (who became king). After the Exodus and Moses' death, Joshua ruled the Israelites. Joshua was followed by the period of Zekeynim (the Elders) and Judges (about 250 years). The Judges included Osniel, Eyhud, Shamgar, Devorah/Deborah, Barak, Gidon, Avimelech, Tola, and Yair. After Yair, Amon conquered Israel and ruled for 18 years. In the Hebrew year of 2781, another period of seven judges began, represented by Yiftach, Boaz, Eylon, Avdon, Samson, Eli the Priest, and Samuel the Prophet. In 2882, Saul is annointed King by Samuel. Saul was followed by David and then Solomon. Shlomo, or Solomon, ruled from 2924 to 2964. When Solomon died, the Kingdom was divided into Judah and Israel. There were 20 kings in Judah until the year 3338, when the Babylonians conquered Judea. There were 19 kings in Israel at the same time, until the year 3205, when the remaining tribes were exiled. Hebrew Year Event 3350 to 3450 - about 100 Years of the Great Assembly 3500 to 3750 - about 250 years of Sages, including Hillel and Shammai 3450 to 4000 - about 550 years of the Tannaim, the Sages of the Second Temple period, and the Sanhedrin. Tanna means 'to teach' in Aramaic. It is during this period that the Oral Law, and the Mishna is completed and taught. Some of the famous names during this period are Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, who was head of the Sanhedrin; Rabbi Gamliel Hasheyni of Yavneh (also head of the Sanhedrin); Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel (head of the Sanhedrin); Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi (sanhedrin head); and Rabbis Chanina ben Dosa, Eliezer ben Hurkonus, Elazar ben Azarya Hakohen; Pinhas; Tarfon; Akiva ben Yosef; Unkelos Hager; Shimon ben Zoma; and Shimon ben Azai. Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi is credited with codifying the Mishna around the Hebrew Year 4000. The Mishna contains six sections of the Oral Law. Each section is divided into tractates, which contains mishnayos. There are 63 tractates. If the Tannaim 'taught', the Amoraim 'spoke.' The Amoraim followed the Tannaim, and spoke the teaching of their ancestors. The period of the Amoraim began in about the Year 4000, and lasted about 150 years in Israel and 260 years in Babylonia (or Bavel). The Jerusalem Talmud was completed in 4128 by Rabi Yochanan after about five generations of Amoriam sages. The Jerusalem talmud deals with 39 of the 63 tractates of the Mishnah. The Talmud is also called the Gemarra The Babylonian Talmud was completed in 4260 by Ravina and Rav Ashi after about seven generation of Amoraim sages. The Babylonian Talmud deals with 37 of the 63 tractates of The Mishnah. The Talmud is also called The Gemarrah. After 4260, in Babylonia, the Savoraim (Explainers), explained the Talmud for five generations until 4450. After 4450, the great scholars of the academies were called Geonim. The period of the Geonim continued for 350 until 4800. For 400 years after the year 4800, there were Rishonim, or head teachers in Spain, Provence, France, Italy, and Germany. These Rishonim included the Rambam (who wrote the Mishnah Torah, which is divided into 14 sections), Ramban, HaRashba, and HaRitva in Spain; Rashi and the Rashbam in France; the Ralbag in Provence; Maharam in germany; and the HaRikanti in Italy to name a very few. The Code of Jewish Law, or the Shulchan Aruch, was written by Rabbi Yosef Karo and Rabbi Moshe Isserles about 500 years ago. Switching to the secular calendar for a second.... Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben-Yitzhak) lived in Troyes (Champagne) in Northern France from 1040 - 1105. He set up a yeshiva that complemented those in Mainz and Worms (which were attacked during the crusades of 1096). The Rambam (Moses ben Maimon, Maimonides) lived 1135-1204. Born in Cordoba, he was the son of the dayan of Cordoba. When the Almohads too over the governance of Cordoba, his family fled to other parts of Spain, Fez, Acre, Alexandria, and Cairo. Author of the Mishne Torah and Guide for the Perplexed. The Rambam synthesized Jewish and Arabic-Greek Aristotelian philosophy, which some Jews, such as the upper classes of Provence and Spain, used to justify their hedonism. tHe Dominicans burned some works of the Rambam. The Ramban (Moses ben Nahman or Nahmanides) lived 1194-1270 in Gerona and Catalonia Spain. He included the popular mystical strains of Judaism in his commentaries and commentary to Sefer Yetzira and the 10 sefirot. He helped mediate between the Maimonides supporters and anti-Maimonides scholars. He also was drawn into a Barcelona disputation with the former Jew Pablo Christiani. Although he won, he was forced by the Dominicans to leave Spain in 1267 for the Holy Land. Immanuel Ben-Solomon of Rome lived in...Rome.... 1261-1328. He is the father of secular Jewish poetry of Italy, fusing Spanish maqama forms with Italian forms. He published the Mahbarot. He was a contemporary of Dante, and influenced Boccaccio. His wife influenced to delve into his Jewish subjects in his writings. (Don) Isaac Ben Yehudah Abrabanel (1437-1508) was born in Lisbon to a prominent Jewish family. His father was the treasurer to King Alfonso V. Isaac succeeded his father as treasurer. He published a commentary on the Torah, Kings, Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. Abrabanel and Abraham Senior pleaded with Ferdinand not to expel the Jews on March 31, 1492. He also pleaded before Isabella. He fled to Naples in 1492. He died in Venice in 1508. (Dona) Gracia of the House of Nasi (1510 - 1569) used her wealth to help Marranos and Jews. Born in Portugal, her family was forced to convert to Catholicism. At 18, she married the financier, Francisco Mendes. His financial network in Europe became the underground railway for Jews. Dona Gracia fled to Antwerp in 1536, where she became a business partner with her brother-in-law Diogo. When Diogo died, she had to flee to Venice. Her sister denounced her as a Judaizer (probably resentful of resent of her success). She was jailed but freed by the Sultan of Turkey. She moved to Turkey and became a powerful leader, nearly succeeding at a Jewish boycott of the port of Ancona in reaction to Pope Paul IV's arrest and murder of conversos. She resurrected the town of Tiberias, but died in 1569 prior to her trip to the Holy Land. Click here to learn How to Read a Page of Talmud ETZ HAYIM: TORAH AND COMMENTARY. A TORAH COMMENTARY By the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism and JPS October 12, 2001. 1,520 PAGES The latest Jewish commentary on the Torah in Conservative Judaism in SEVENTY years. A replacement for the HERTZ commentary. It was a 10 Year project (you know how slow committees work...). 78,000 copies already SOLD. MONUMENTAL AND PRODIGIOUS ACHIEVEMENT, A commentary that reflects the beliefs and ideology of the Conservative movement, reflects the secure position of Jews in American culture (is not apologetic in tone), and uses standard modern English. This commentary does not sugar coat the actions of the early Hebrews, and it does not hide from the belief in redactors and an evolving Torah. Contributors include Rabbis Chaim Potok, Harold Kushner, Elliot Dorff, Susan Grossman, Michael Fishbane, and dozens of others. Rabbi Grossman led a team of five female rabbis who reviewed early drafts to give voice to d'rash's by women. Include commentaries not only on the Torah portion, but on the Haftorah as well. For each chapter, the Hebrew and English translation is published. A p'shat commentary which is based on the JPS five volume commentary (by Tigay, Sarna, Levine, and Milgrom) follows under the text and was edited by Chaim Potok. A D'rash section of commentary, edited by Harold Kushner, is also included for each test. It will provide the deeper moral meanings of the passage. A third running commentary is included, edited by Rabbi Dorff and Rabbi Grossman, and it will show how various biblical verses served as the basis for Jewish laws and Conservative practices. In the back of the chumash are 41 essays by leading scholars and rabbis. The commentaries for the Haftorahs have been edited by Michael Fishbane. Of the book, Ellen Frankel, CEO of Jewish Publication Society, said, "It may spark conversation with in the Conservative laity about approaches to the Bible they may not have been aware of or thought of."Click to read more P.S. Also, stay tuned for the New Reform Chumach on Bereshit, titled THE BOOK OF GENESIS: A CONTEMPORARY VIEW, by E. Gunther Plaut and Chaim Stern (UAHC Press, May 2002, which uses gender neutral terms and more feminist POV commentaries) CAIN AND ABEL Finding the Fruits of Peace by Joani Keller Rothenberg (Illustrator), Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso October 2001, Jewish Lights Publishing. Reading level: Ages 4-8 Hardcover - 32 pages. A springboard for talking to kids about anger and anger management. Rabbi Sasso (the second woman to be ordained as a rabbi in 1974) served congregation Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis with her husband. Rabbi Sasso recasts the biblical tale of Cain and Abel in a way that invites adults and kids to a conversation about anger and our power to deal with it in positive ways. Cain and Abel, the first children, the first brothers, they were so much alike yet so different: Cain a shepherd, Abel a farmer. They lived side by side, surrounded by trees where wonderful, exotic fruits of many kinds grew: orapples, rasdew, and banangerines ripened all on a single branch. The air was sweet with the smell of pinango, limeberry, and waterloupe. But jealousy, anger, and fear took all this away. Cain and Abel's happiness came to an end, and with it, the trees' ability to grow these special fruits. In a world often hurt by violence, this retold biblical story gives children and adults a starting point for discussing anger and its effects on those around us. By harnessing the power we have to deal with our emotions in positive ways, we can once again cultivate the fruits of peace and change the world for the better. ACCEPTING THE YOKE OF HEAVEN Commentary on the Weekly Torah Portion by Yeshayahu Leibowitz January 2002. 203 pages. Urim Publications. The erudite Professor Liebowitz passed away in 1994, but he has left us with fresh thoughts on the weekly Torah portion. He was a Professor of Science at Hebrew University, having immigrated to Palestine in 1935 at the age of 31. His weekly commentaries on the parshat reveal his radical ideas on the nature of god and god's relationship to humans, he confronts the nature of prayer, and our concept of holiness in the world. He promotes the idea of compliance with the law for its own sake, and not for reward or punishment. For example, take his commentary on Noach, and the Tower of Babel, is to forego the flood, but look at the world after the flood. Was it a world as evil as the pre-flood world? Was the dispersion of people after Babel a punishment? Maybe it wasn't a punishment? Maybe is was a reward, allowing for a difference in thought and practice and a decentralization. Maybe Babel was a story of conformity, centralization and totalitarianism. Dispersion ended this. This is a very fresh thought, no? Or take Vayeshev, the story of Jacob and Joseph and Egypt, and the sentence "Joseph was BROUGHT DOWN to Egypt. Is it actually a story of free will and determinism, a story of antinomies and paralogisms. Leibowitz focuses on midrash and writings that define the word "dealing and deeds" as "making a false accusation." He delves into the idea of God bringing deeds into the world and upon man, and later places the blame on man for these deeds, and the idea that the strife between the brothers and the sale of Joseph was pre-ordained, since it was known that the Hebrews would be slaves in Egypt for 400 years. In his four page discussion of Korach, he ties this parshat to parasha of tzitzit, and the end of the Shema which is recited daily. Korach, Leibowitz writes, rebelled against Moses saying "for all the community, all of them are holy." But, Leibowitz continues, the tzitzit idea of holiness (which appears in the paragraph above the Korach story) differs from that of Korach. The tzitzit concept of holiness is one to be strived for, it is a goal; while Korach believes it is something that is granted. Korach has absolved himself of responsibility, he boasts that he is a member of a holy nation, even though he is contemptible. Are the people holy or do they become holy through their actions and performance of certain tasks? Guess what, the ideas from Korach did not end when he was swallowed up by the Earth. The continue today. If you enjoy these ideas, buy the book. By the Sweat of Your Brow : Reflections on Work and the Workplace in Jewish Thought by David J. Schnall August 2001. Professor Schnall summarizes the primary attitudes and values of Jewish religious culture as it confronts and responds to the role of work and the workplace. He insists that the place of the worker and the mutual obligations that tie worker and employer to a vision of ethics and morality are "ordained by the word of God." Schnall draws from such sources as the Hebrew Bible and its classical commentaries, the Talmud, the rulings of early Jewish authorities and their reasoning in response to specific cases and petitions brought before them, the codes of Jewish law and tradition collected during the last 15 centuries, and modern works that apply this tradition to new economic structures and technologies that support them In Potiphar's House : The Interpretive Life of Biblical Texts by James L. Kugel A study of Jewish and other commentaries on the Joseph story SISTERS AT SINAI NEW TALES OF BIBLICAL WOMEN By Jill Hammer November 2001. Jewish Publication Society. From a JTS article: When asked to name her favorite female biblical character, newly-ordained rabbi Jill Hammer names Leah, who is the wife of Jacob the Patriarch. Or is she? According to a section of the Zohar, Rabbi Hammer relates, there is a split in Jacob's soul that effectively renders him two people: Jacob, married to Rachel, and Israel, married to Leah. Leah is her personal favorite, Rabbi Hammer continues, because "Leah is a namer; the way she names her children is very rich and reflects her inner life." Now it is Rabbi Hammer's turn to name names and tell tales that reflect her own inner life. As author of Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women (forthcoming from JPS, October 2001), a collection of twenty-four original midrashim on biblical women, she offers her own interpretations of the biblical text. The book also contains notes about Rabbi Hammer's creative process for each of the stories, giving a clearer and more resonant voice to some of the Bible's female characters. Rabbi Hammer explains that she sees modern midrash as a weaving of the revelations of our contemporary lives into the revelations provided by Jewish tradition. In order for women, many of whom are voiceless or muted in classical texts, to claim a voice in the tradition, she maintains, they must first claim the process of interpreting Torah. "Because so much of women's experience is missing from the tradition," she explains, "I believe the best way of entering this discourse is to build on the ancient process of midrash, to invent our way into the sacred text." Although in her book she touches on many of the "major women" - like Eve, Sarah, Miriam and Deborah - Rabbi Hammer also sought to include women from every biblical time period. In addition to the more obvious women such as the four Matriarchs, she also added some "obscure" women to the mix, such as Huldah the prophetess; David's concubine Avishag the Shunamite; Esau's wife Mahalat, daughter of Ishmael; and Joseph's wife Asenat, daughter of Potiphar. Had there been enough room, she muses, she would have liked to have written midrashim for all of the Bible's women. Rabbi Hammer describes her book as "not quite fiction," meaning that "it is in the standard American tradition of fiction, but maintains a deep connection to its rabbinic roots. It is scholarly, in the sense that it tries to analyze and use verses, but it is more artistic than scholarly." .... WOMEN AT PRAYER by Avi Weiss " The Talmud considers the prayers of Hannah, the mother of Samuel the prophet, as a model for the optimal prayer experience. The choice of a woman as a role model in prayer is significant. It reflects the basic truth that women, like men, can reach the highest levels of dialogue with God."(pp.30) Review from WUJS..... This profound statement as well as the title, is a clear indication of where the content of this book is heading, as Avi Weiss explores the complex and controversial topic of women's prayer groups. He is quoted by many as the leading expert on the halakhic stance on this subject. The book is structured in such a way that a strong basis and a clear understanding of rudimentary (yet vital) concepts is created . He covers the subjects of the role of women in Judaism, private and communal prayer, Torah study, Torah readings, as well as other issues surrounding prayer. As one explores these topics, one carries the fundamental ideas of the previous chapter through to the next, thus enabling the reader to develop a deeper understanding of the complex ideas. Weiss' sources range from as early as the Talmud, to Rambam and Rashi; expanding to the Shulchan Aruch and Mishnah Berurah and as late as Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik and Rav Avraham Yitzhak ha-Cohen Kook. Each page provides a clear argument and is usually footnoted with essential details, either expounding on the main idea, citing sources or referring the reader to other literature to read on related topics. This indicates a thoroughly researched project. Its transliterated and translated Hebrew makes for 'user-friendly' reading. One would be hard pressed to find many apologetics in his sources. On the contrary, he often brings down opinions that would make any liberal choke on. For example , he brings a Talmudic source to the discussion about women and Torah study from Sotah 20a, in which Rabbi Eliezer says "whoever teaches his daughter Torah teaches her tifilut [sometimes translated as 'obscenity']." Weiss does bring other sources to try counter and explain Rabbi Eliezer's statement. The fact that he does not exclude such extreme opinions (some of which can not be explained away) adds an air of intellectual honesty that is refreshing when discussing women's issues. It is obvious that this is an empowering device that is essential reading for any woman who is planning to create or is already participating in a women's prayer group. I do, however, recommend that it is necessary reading for all the men out there as it discusses issues dealing with women and Judaism that are contentious and controversial in most communities ,as it will serve to make you a more tolerant and literate Jew. But most importantly as Weiss says in his introduction that " this study will place the issue on the halakhic agenda as one that should be seriously discussed and debated in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding." BRINGING THE PSALMS TO LIFE HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE USE OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS by DANIEL F POLISH Fall 2001. Jewish Lights Publishing. There is something unusual about the psalms and that special power is the reason people have turned to them for thousands of years. What's more, the power of the psalms hasn't diminished over time. It remains for us today a resource we can use if only we can learn how to open it. In this practical, spiritual new look at the psalms, the most beloved (and yet least understood) of the books in the Bible comes alive for us. Polish invites us into the beauty and meaning of these ancient "prayer poems" which show that we are not alone in our problems, and help us find comfort in God The Dance of the Dolphin : Finding Prayer, Perspective and Meaning in the Stories of Our Lives by Karyn Kedar Fall 2001. Jewish Lights. Like the dolphin who exists in both water and air, so must we learn to live and thrive in two conflicting worlds--the rational, material, everyday craziness of life versus the still, spiritual, soulfulness of our deepest selves. Balancing the two--difficult as it often can be--is the key to our spiritual survival. Through poignant stories, spiritual teaching and insights, Karyn Kedar shares with us the ways we can integrate the everyday--family, work, personal challenges--with our quest for deeper spiritual understanding. She helps us to decode the three "languages" we must learn to weave the seemingly ordinary and extraordinary together: Prayer--The path through which our souls connect with the Divine Perspective--How we define life's twists and turns, and how our words and actions define the quality of our lives Meaning--The quest to understand and make sense of all that seems incompatible In graceful ways, Kedar shows us that by realizing the connection between the ordinary and the awe-inspiring, we can synchronize our hearts with the ways of the world and live with joy, a sense of calm and greater purpose. Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah by Michael Rosenak Fall 2001. What is worth knowing? How do we distinguish what is worth knowing from what is not? In Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah, Michael Rosenak applies the discipline of Torah study to the philosophy of education more generally. Although the book is a bit too scholarly to reach the parents and teachers to whom it is directed, it is also provocative, drawing on Torah commentators such as Hillel and Rashi and addressing important issues in Jewish education. THE LOST BIBLE. FORGOTTEN SCRIPTURES REVEALED by J. R. PORTER, professor emeritus, Univ of Exeter September 2001. Univ of Chicago Press. A Collection of writings that did not make it into the biblical canon for Jews or Christians, which can be viewed as legends, writings, minority views, and "missing" parts. Chapters One Through Five include the Second Book of Enoch, which may have been sacred to a Jewish sect in Egypt which tells the story of creation, mixing Egyptian, Iranian and Greek mythology into the creation story and discusses the roles of angels; The Book of Jubilees, which mirrors genesis and includes a differing family tree for Adam and Eve than does Genesis; The Testament of Avraham from the Greek (2nd Cent CE); The Ladder of Jacob (probably from the Greek); the various Testaments of Isaac and the sons of Jacob (Judah, Issachar, etc); Joseph and Aseneth (from the Greek, 150 CE); the Testament of Solomon (Greek, prior to 3rd Cent CE); the Apocalypse of Elijah; The Apocalypse of Zephania; the Martyrdom of Isaiah; The Books of Baruch; missing psalms, laments, and odes; pseudo phocylides; the Wsidom of Ahiqar, the Third of Fourth Books of the Maccabees; and other writings. Part Two, Chapters One Through Six is filled with writings that didn't make it into the Christian Bibles. OUR LIVES AS TORAH by Carol Ochs (HUC-JIR) March 2001. Jossey Bass (another in their growing line of Judaica). Who Am I? What Do I Know? What Can I Know? What can I hope for? Can I learn from love? From suffering? Is suffering good? Ochs, an educator at Hebrew Union College, shows the reader hoe to use his or her own life stories in creating meaningful personal Torahs, creating and discovering your own THEOLOGY, or life system or methodology for making decisions WHAT DID THE Biblical Writers Know and When Did They Know it? What archeaology and the Bible Can Tell Us About Ancient Israel by William G Dever Eerdmans, March 2001. Dever is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona. This book explores ancient Israel during the Iron Age. THE WAY INTO ENCOUNTERING GOD IN JUDAISM by Neil Gillman March 2001. Jewish Lights. This audacious exploration of the Jewish concept of God squarely faces many contradictions and conundrums. Gillman, a professor of Jewish philosophy at Jewish Theological Seminary, begins by asking how humans can describe God if He is ultimately unknowable. Our common conception of God in human terms is metaphorical thinking, according to Gillman; when it comes to actual knowledge, "we are all agnostics. We know nothing." His examination of texts brings him to accept inconsistencies and to highlight discrepancies between popular images of God and God's portrayal in classical Jewish sources. Gillman has made a significant contribution. WALKING THE BIBLE A Journey Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler Morrow. April 2001. The Five Books of Bruce? Feiler, 36, has a habit of delving into a subject full force and writing about it. A Southerner (growing up Jewish in the South) and Yale Grad (Southerner at a Northern University), he wrote Learning To Bow (a year teaching in Japan) at age 24, Looking for Class (British Universities, hanging in Cambridge), and Under the Bigtop (a high school juggler and mime, he runs away and joins the circus), embarks on a journey through the Middle East. He interviews residents and others of various religious beliefs. Feiler was not a religious person, but felt spiritual. He left his Chelsea Manhattan apartment to connect with his religion, embarking on a journey and quest to the places we read about in the Bible (but we are a wandering people, a people of the book, a people of god-seekers, not a people of the place, but I digress). Sometimes it's easier to fly away than to connect with people down the block. Segmented into an intro and five book sections (just like the 5 Books of Moses). Feiler's Bar Mitzvah parshat in Savannah Georgia was Lech Lecha, in which Abram leaves Haran for Canaan. So it is fitting that the intro opens with Feiler (along with Avner Goren, one of Israel's top archeologists) in Dogubayazit in Eastern Turkey, at the foot of Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi), the highest mountain in the Middle East. It is a sunrise, and a start to a journey (that will end at Mount Nebo). He is on his way to Haran, where in Genesis 12, Abram went forth to set up a nation, a nation not fed by rivers, like the Euphrates, but fed by monotheism. From here, Feiler takes the reader on an adventure as he travels the modern day lands of the bible. Along the way we meet monks, tourists, Jews, Christians, Turks, Moslems, Nile boatmen, as well as the places in the Bible where Abraham almost sacrificed Isaac, Joseph was sold in to slavery, etc. The Five Books of Moses: A New Translation With Introductions, Commentary, and Notes Edited by Everett Fox. ($60 less 30%) Hardcover - 1056 pages illustrate edition (November 1997) Schocken Books. After 25 years of work, Professor Fox has published a translation of the Torah that re-creates the full force of the Bible's original rhetoric and poetry-its rhythms, nuances, echoes, allusions, alliterations, word-plays, and stylistic devices--allowing the English reader to experience the spiritual and aesthetic power of the Bible's own voice while recovering layers of meaning that are missed entirely in conventional translations. I use it along with the Stone and other penteteuchs on Shabbat morning to compare the translations and glean more from the weekly parshat. Click here to read more or to BUY this book for 30% OFF its list price Click here to read more or to BUY the standard edition for a lower price Click here to read more or to BUY the AUDIOTAPE edition with celebrity readings of passages The Talmud : The Steinsaltz Edition : Tractate Sanhedrin, Part 5, Volume 19 by Rabbi Steinsaltz (Editor) November 1999. Continues the discussion of the courts of law. Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari The Talmud : The Steinsaltz Edition : Tractate Sanhedrin, Part 6, Volume 20 by Rabbi Steinsaltz (Editor) November 1999. Discusses Capital Punishment . Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari The Talmud : The Steinsaltz Edition : Tractate Sanhedrin, Part 7, Volume 21 by Rabbi Steinsaltz (Editor) November 1999. Discusses false prophecies, morality, and the preparations for the coming of the Messiah. Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari The Bible As It Was, by James Kugel. List Price: $35 before discount. Hardcover - 800 pages (November 1997) Kugel, the Star Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard University, shows that what Scripture began, its readers continued. His main purpose is to provide a detailed look at how the Torah, the first five books, was interpreted in antiquity, most particularly from the third century BCE through the first century CE Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari Traditions of the Bible : A Guide to the Bible As It Was at the Start of the Common Era by James Kugel. Discounted Price: around $75. Hardcover - 1344 pages (January 1999) Harvard University Press. An amazing work that discusses what Jews thought about the Bible in the year zero CE, prior to the Second Temple's destruction, prior to the Rabbinic period, Rashi, Maimonides, et. al. Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari The Classic Midrash : Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible (Classics of Western Spirituality) by Reuven Hammer (Designer) and Professor Judah Goldin. Discounted Price: around $20. Paperback - 528 pages (March 1995). The Paulist Press. Another is the Paulist Press' fabulous books. Reuven Hammer brings a selection of these "God-intoxicated texts" of the early rabbinic masters, the Tannaim, to a wider public and accompanies them with explanations and commentary on their theological, literary, and historical importance Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari The Greatest Poems of the Bible. Translated by James Kugel 224 pages. The Free Press. September 1999. A reader's companion to some of the poems of the Bible, with Kugel's insights into their hidden beauties of deeper meanings. What do the Psalms tell us about the nature of the soul? What do the shirim/songs and proverbs tell us about monotheism and the afterlife? Kugel is a Professor of Hebrew Literature at Harvard, and a Professor at Bar Ilan University. He is also the former poetry editor of Harper's Magazine. The book includes new translations for Psalms 104, 42, 29, 51, 23, 137 and 119; Deborah's Song from Judges 5; Job 28; Samuel 2's David's Lament (How The Mighty Have Fallen); as well as poems from Jeremiah, Isaiah, Song of Songs; Micah, Ecclesiastes and others. An example of Kugel's illumination is a chapter on Amos' prophecy on "But Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters / And righteousness Like a Mighty Stream." In addition to bringing the poem's language to greater life, Kugel explains the nature of prophecy in ancient Israel, Amos' background, and the hidden reason for calling Amaziah's Beth-El a "Beth-Sorrow." 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Kugel Click here to purchase Kugel's PAPER BACK edition of THE BIBLE AS IT WAS by James L. Kugel (November 1999) The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah by Ellen Frankel Paperback - 384 pages (January 1998) Harper San Francisco. A summary of the weekly Torah reading (parshat) with a commentary written from the female perspective and told through the voices of biblical women. Note to file; Did you ever consider that Moses and Aaron hit the rock, but Miriam nurtured it so that it brought forth water. This book is essential to get one to start to look at Torah from another POV. Click here to BUY this book for a 20% discount from its list price Tanakh : A New Translation of the Holy Scriptures According to the Traditional Hebrew Text Paperback - 1624 pages 1st Special edition (November 1985) Jewish Publication Society. Includes an English translation for the Five Book of Moses, Judges, Joshua, Prophets, and the Writings and Scrolls, plus a guide to the weekly and festival Torah and Haftorah portions. Click here to read more about it, or to purchase it from Amazon, the partner of Sefer Safari My People's Prayer Book, Vol. 5 : Birkhot Hashachar (Morning Blessings) Traditional Prayers, Modern Commentaries by Rabbi Lawrence H Hoffman Hardcover - 240 pages (October 2001) Jewish Lights Pub. The Fifth volume in the series of My People's Prayer Book. This stunning work, an empowering entryway to the spiritual revival of our times, enables all of us to claim our connection to the heritage of the traditional Jewish prayer book. It helps rejuvenate Jewish worship in today's world, and makes its power accessible to all. Vol. 5-Birkhot Hashachar (Morning Blessings) features the authentic Hebrew text with a new translation designed to let people know exactly what the prayers say. 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