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""The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh"" features the oldest-known complete Hebrew version of the Holy Scriptures, side by side with JPS' renowned English translation. Its well-designed format allows for ease of reading and features clear type, an engaging and efficient two-column format that enables readers to move quickly from one language to the other, and an organization that contemporary readers will find familiar. The Hebrew text of this ""Tanakh"" is based on the famed ""Leningrad Codex"", the Masoretic text traceable to Aaron Ben Moses ben-Asher, c. 930 C.E. Ben-Asher researched all available texts to compile an authoritative Bible manuscript. In 1010 C.E. his work was revised by Samuel ben Jacob, a scribe in Egypt. Lost for centuries, the manuscript was eventually discovered in the mid-nineteenth century and became known as the Leningrad Codex. This edition adapts the latest BHS edition of the Leningrad text by correcting errors and providing modern paragraphing. The English text in this Tanakh is a slightly updated version of the acclaimed 1985 JPS translation. Wherever possible, the results of modern study of the languages and culture of the ancient Near East have been brought to bear on the biblical text, which allows for an English style reflective of the biblical spirit and language rather than of the era of the translation.

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Virtually every rabbi and library will want this volume. - Associated Press

"""Virtually every rabbi and library will want this volume."" - Associated Press"""

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