Status
Available
Collection
Publication
New York : Schocken Books, c1995.
Description
"Widely acclaimed by Bible scholars and theologians of every denomination, Everett Fox's masterful translation re-creates the echoes, allusions, alliterations, and wordplays of the Hebrew original. Together with its extensive commentary and illuminating notes, this unique translation draws the reader closer to the authentic living voice of the Bible"--Publisher description.
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Language
Original publication date
1995
Physical description
xxxii, 1024 p.; 26 cm
User reviews
LibraryThing member illuminarts
A great resource for Biblical study. It keeps as much of the Hebrew literary elements as possible, and explains them, adding a new dimension of understanding.
LibraryThing member corinneblackmer
A translation of the Pentateuch that rivals the brilliant achievement of Franz Rosenweig and Martin Buber. Fox restores the cadences of the original Hebrew, explicates the puns, and returns biblical names to their Hebrew equivalents. The result is an earthy, pungent, vital, breathing, truly Hebrew
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LibraryThing member raizel
This heavy book contains Fox's translation, with notes and commentary, of all five books of the Torah. He had previously published a translation of Genesis and one of Exodus and a book with both of these. (I own the first and last of these, which I think I'll keep, because this current translation
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is heavy! Even so, i wish that he had included the Hebrew.) I heard him speak many years ago; he explained that he wanted his translation to be faithful to the Hebrew rather than beautiful in English. Show Less
Pages
xxxii; 1024