• Introduction


• Maps and Diagrams


• Preface to the 1985 JPS Edition


• Alphabetical Listing of the Books of the Bible


• Hebrew Transliteration


• Guide to Abbreviations and Terms


• Abbreviations Used for the Books of the Bible


• Abbreviations and Terms Used in the Footnotes to the Translation


• Abbreviations Used in the Annotations, Introductions, and Essays


• Torah


• Introduction by Marc Zvi Brettler


• Genesis by Jon D. Levenson


• Exodus by Jeffrey H. Tigay


• Leviticus by Baruch J. Schwartz


• Numbers by Nili S. Fox


• Deuteronomy by Bernard M. Levinson


• Nevi'im


• Introduction by Marc Zvi Brettler


• Joshua by Nili Wazana


• Judges by Yairah Amit


• 1 and 2 Samuel by Shimon bar-Efrat, by Marc Zvi Brettler


• 1 and 2 Kings by Ziony Zevit


• Isaiah by Benjamin D. Sommer


• Jeremiah by Dalit Rom Shiloni


• Ezekiel by Tova Ganzel


• The Twelve by Ehud Ben Zvi


• Ketuvim


• Introduction by Marc Zvi Brettler


• Psalms by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler


• Proverbs by Michael V. Fox


• Job by Edward Greenstein


• Megillot (The Scrolls) Introduction by Marc Zvi Brettler


• The Song of Songs by Elsie Stern


• Ruth by Adele Reinhartz


• Lamentations by Adele Berlin


• Ecclesiastes by Peter Machinist


• Esther by Adele Berlin


• Daniel by Lawrence M. Wills


• Ezra-Nehemiah by Hindy Najman


• 1 and 2 Chronicles by David Rothstein


• ESSAYS


• Introduction by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler


• Jewish Interpretation of the Bible


• Inner-biblical Interpretation by Benjamin D. Sommer


• Early Nonrabbinic Interpretation by Hindy Najman


• The Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls by Esther Eshel


• Classical Rabbinic Interpretation by Yaakov Elman


• Midrash and Midrashic Interpretation by David Stern


• Medieval Jewish Interpretation by Barry D. Walfish


• The Bible in the Jewish Philosophical Tradition by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson


• The Bible in the Jewish Mystical Tradition by Michael Fishbane


• 17th-19th C. Jewish Interpretation by Edward Breuer


• Modern Jewish Interpretation by Marc Zvi Brettler


• Biblical Ideas and Institutions


• The Religion of the Bible by Stephen A. Geller


• Concepts of Purity in the Bible by Jonathan Klawans


• Daily Life in Biblical Times by Oded Borowski


• The Temple by Victor Avigdor Hurowitz


• Biblical Calendars by Sasha Stern


• Biblical Festivals and Fast Days by Baruch Levine


• Historical and Ideal Davidic Kingship by Marvin Sweeney


• War and Peace in the Bible by Jacob Wright


• The Bible in Jewish Life


• The Bible in the Synagogue by Avigdor Shinan


• The Bible in the Liturgy by Ruth Langer


• The Bible and Jewish Custom by Daniel Sperber


• The Bible in Israeli Life by Uriel Simon


• The Jewish Bible in America by Jonathan Sarna


• Jewish Women's Writings on the Bible by Adele Reinhartz


• Jewish Translations of the Bible by Leonard J. Greenspoon


• Backgrounds for Reading the Bible


• The History of Israel in the Biblical Period by Oded Lipschits


• The Geography of the Land of Israel by Amitai Baruchi-Unna


• The Archeology of the Land of Israel in the Biblical Period by Aren Maeir


• The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Bible by Jack Sasson


• Languages of the Bible by Steven E. Fassberg


• Textual Criticism of the Bible by Emanuel Tov


• The Canonization of the Bible by Marc Zvi Brettler


• The Development of the Masoretic Bible by Jordan S. Penkower


• The Modern Study of the Bible by Marvin Sweeney


• Gender in the Bible by Marc Zvi Brettler


• Reading Biblical Poetry by Adele Berlin


• Reading Biblical Prose by Yair Zakovitch


• Reading Biblical Law by Shalom Holtz


• The Hebrew Bible in Other Scriptures


• The Hebrew Bible in the New Testament by A.-J. Levine


• The Hebrew Bible in the Qur'an by Jack Lassner


• Tables and Charts


• Weights and Measures


• Timeline


• Chronological Table of Rulers


• Calendar


• Table of Biblical Readings


• Chapter and Verse Differences


• Translations of Primary Sources


• Glossary


• Index

Adele Berlin is Robert H. Smith Professor of Hebrew Bible Emerita at the University of Maryland.
Marc Zvi Brettler is Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University.

First published in 2004, The Jewish Study Bible was hailed as a landmark. It combines the entire Hebrew Bible--in the celebrated Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation--with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars on virtually every aspect of the text, the world in which it was written, its interpretation, and its role in Jewish life.