Pathways through the Bible : classic selections from the Tanakh
JPS first published Pathways Through the Bible in 1946, selling over 250,000 copies. It featured selections from the 1917 translation of the JPS Tanakh, "bridged" by narrative summaries written by Rabbi Cohen. Rabbi Stein has replaced the 1917 JPS translation with the 1985 translation and has updated the prose and made the language gender-sensitive. This new edition shares the same essential features as the original, especially the core principle that Pathways Through the Bible, in Cohen's words, "is not intended to replace The Holy Scriptures ... it is rather to be regarded as preparatory to the reading of the Bible itself ... Its purpose is to open for you pathways into the magic realm of the greatest literature ever written."
eBook, English, ©2002
Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, PA, ©2002
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1 online resource (xxiv, 527 pages) : illustrations
9780827611153, 9780827607347, 0827611153, 0827607342
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Front Cover
Front Matter
Contents
Foreword to the 2002 Edition
Foreword to the Original Edition
Your Bible
The Torah (Teaching)
Genesis
Introduction
1. Creating a Good World
2. Evil Enters the Good World
3. The Cleansing Flood
4. The Tower of Babel
5. Abraham�Founder of a People
6. Twin Cities of Sin
7. Abraham�s Supreme Test
8. Isaac and Rebekah
9. Jacob Obtains the Covenant
10. The New Name�“Israel�
11. Joseph in Egypt
Exodus
Introduction
1. Moses�The Liberator 2. Pharaoh Versus God3. Pesah �The Festival of Freedom
4. God Triumphs over Pharaoh
5. Starting the Long Journey
6. The Covenant at Mount Sinai
7. The Tabernacle�God�s Palace
Leviticus
Introduction
1. Priest and Levite
2. Feast and Fast
3. Holiness�The Golden Heart
4. Neighbors
5. Laws of Purity
6. National Problems
7. Idolatry�The Gravest of All Sins
8. Rewards and Punishments
Numbers
Introduction
1. Journey�s Beginning
2. The Challenges of Leadership
3. Crisis and Decision 4. Korah�s Rebellion5. The Sin of Moses
6. Israel Meets Hostile Nations
7. Balaam Blesses the New Israel
8. The Five Sisters� Query
9. Joshua�The Next Leader
Deuteronomy
Introduction
1. First Oration: Obedience to the Covenant
2. Second Oration: Love�The Spirit of the Covenant
3. Third Oration: The Rewards of the Covenant
4. The Song of Moses
5. The Unknown Grave
The Prophets
Joshua
Introduction
1. Joshua Takes Command
2. The Two Spies
3. Jericho and Ai Captured
4. The Crafty Gibeonites 5. Division of the Land6. Joshua�s Farewell Address
Judges
Introduction
1. Disloyalty�Punishment�Peace
2. Deborah�Mother in Israel
3. Gideon�The Man Who Refused to Be King
4. Abimelech�The Man Who Wanted to Be King
5. Samson�A Brave Man Who Used His Strength Foolishly
Ruth
Introduction
1. Ruth�s Loyalty
2. The Meeting of Ruth and Boaz
3. Ruth�s Marriage to Boaz
Samuel
Introduction
1. The Birth of Samuel
2. Israel�s Ruthless Enemy�The Philistines
3. Saul�First King of Israel 4. Saul�The Rejected5. David�The Shepherd Boy
6. Saul and David
7. David�Refugee from Saul
8. The Death of Saul and Jonathan
9. From Shepherd Boy to King
10. Jerusalem�The City of God
11. Nathan�The People�s Conscience
12. “Absalom, My Son! My Son!�
Kings
Introduction
1. Solomon Ascends the Throne
2. “A Wise and Understanding Mind�
3. Solomon Builds the Temple
4. Splendor, Fame�and Trouble
5. The House Is Divided
6. Elijah�The Prophet
7. Elijah Confronts an Abuse of Power
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