TANAKH: THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

The Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1988, 7^th pr.  ISBN 0-8276-0252-9.  Hard cover, 1624 pages.  Very good; green cloth with gilt lettering on front board, teal embossed design and gilt lettering on spine.  Light edge, corner and spine end wear; binding sound with head and tail bands; some marks/soil on outer page block.  Dust jacket shows some edge and cover wear, short edge tears and light creases; price sticker affixed on inner flap fold.  Book interior clean and unmarked.  ‘TANAKH is an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the Masoretic - the traditional Hebrew - text.  It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in America. … the translators made use of the entire range of biblical interpretation, ancient and modern, Jewish and non-Jewish.  They drew upon the latest findings in linguistics and archaeology as well as the work of early rabbinic and medieval commentators, grammarians, and philologians.  The resulting text is a triumph of literary style and biblical scholarship, unsurpassed in accuracy and clarity.’ (from front flap)