The Contemporary Torah: A Gender-Sensitive Adaptation of the Original JPS Translation

by David E. S. Stein

Offers readers new perspectives on the role gender plays in Bible translation

This adaptation of the JPS translation of the Torah (1962) will appeal to readers who are interested in a historically based picture of social gender roles in the Bible as well as those who have become accustomed to gender-sensitive English in other aspects of their lives.

Many contemporary Bible scholars contend that the Bible's original audience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0827607962
• ISBN13: 9780827607965
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"