Hebrew vowels make their appearance through ‘nikkud’—a system of 16 different symbols representing 5 basic vowel sounds. These symbols are strategically placed around the letters to guide ...

21, Issue. 1, p. 89. In this volume, Douglas Yoder uses the tools of modern and postmodern philosophy and biblical criticism to elucidate the epistemology of the Tanakh, the collection of writings ...

Schocken. And the second is from: Jewish Publication Society Inc. (2009). JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh. Jewish Publication Society of America. About the Author Rabbi Jonathan Freirich, a ...

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While other recent efforts to rethink gender in the Hebrew Bible have been met with mixed reactions — a Revised Jewish Publication Society edition of the Tanakh, available online at Sefaria ...

Rodman is a JTA columnist who writes on Jewish life from Los Angeles. All translations are from the JPS Hebrew-English Tanach.) Help ensure Jewish news remains accessible to all. Your donation to ...

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What the words of ancient rabbis could and couldn’t teach me.

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It's set using the Hebrew calendar, which is different than the calendar we use on a daily basis. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated now through the evening of Oct. 4, and the next big holiday after that ...