Much care was lavished on the pro-
duction and look of this book. The
smooth, gold-trimmed thin pages fea-
ture attractive, easy-to-read typefaces
in both languages, and ample white
space between the lines. When poetry
appears in the text, it is arranged on
the page in both languages as verse.
Bold Hebrew and English letters indi-
cate chapter openings.
With a cover made of leatherette,
embossed in gold, this edition of the
2,112-page book sells for $69.95; JPS
announces that less expensive editions
will be available later on.
This is the first-ever, single-vol-
ume Hebrew-English Bible published
by the Philadelphia-based nonde-
nominational
Jewish publish-
er, founded
more than 100
years ago.
The word
Tanakh is an
acronym from
the Hebrew ini-
tials of the
sacred texts it
incorporates:
Torah, Prophets
and Writings.
The book is not intended for syna-
gogue use, as most synagogues use vol-
umes with the Five Books of Moses
and commentaries. Rather, it is aimed
at use at home as well as by students,
scholars and professionals, both Jewish
and Christian.
Other one-volume editions exist,
but none features the two languages
on the same page, this Hebrew text or
modern English translation. Due in
June 2001 from JPS, in conjunction
with the Conservative movement, is a
one-volume Chumash (the Five Books
of Moses) using the Hebrew and
English texts from this edition, along
with commentary.
Dr. Frankel calls on all Jews to
study the biblical text. "The basis of
Jewish literacy is the Hebrew Bible,"
she says. "We embrace a commentary
tradition. The people who wrote the
commentaries knew the Bible by
heart. It's not enough just to know
their responses. You have to go back to
the original text."

— Sandee Brawarsky

To order JPS Hebrew-English
Tanakh, access the JPS Web site
at www.jewishpub.org, or call
(800) 355-1165.

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