From the Book - Second edition.
Torah / Marc Zvi Brettler. Genesis / Jon D. Levenson --
Exodus / Jeffrey H. Tigay --
Leviticus / Baruch J. Schwartz --
Deuteronomy / Bernard M. Levinson --
Nevi'im / Marc Zvi Brettler. Joshua / Nili Wazana --
1 Samuel ; 2 Samuel / Shimon Bar-Efrat ; revised by Marc Zvi Brettler --
1 Kings ; 2 Kings / Ziony Zevit --
Isaiah / Benjamin D. Sommer --
Jeremiah / Dalit Rom-Shiloni --
The Twelve. Hosea ; Joel ; Amos ; Obadiah ; Jonah ; Micah ; Nahum ; Habakkuk ; Zephaniah ; Haggai ; Zechariah ; Malachi / Ehud Ben Zvi --
Kethuvim / Marc Zvi Brettler. Pslams / Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler --
Proverbs / Michael V. Fox --
Job / Edward L. Greenstein --
The five Megillot (scrolls) / Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler. The Song of Songs / Elsie Stern --
Ruth / Adele Reinhartz --
Lamenations / Adele Berlin --
Ecclesiastes / Peter Machinist --
Daniel / Lawrence M. Wills --
Ezra ; Nehemiah / Hindy Najman --
1 Chronicles ; 2 Chronicles / David Rothstein --
Introduction to the essays / Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler. Jewish interpretation of the Bible. Inner-biblical interpretation / Benjamin D. Sommer --
Early nonrabbinic interpretation / Hindy Najman --
The Bible in the Dead Sea scrolls / Esther Eshel --
Classical rabbinic interpretation / Yaakov Elman --
Midrash and Jewish exegesis / David Stern --
Medieval Jewish interpretation / Barry D. Walfish --
The Bible in the Jewish philosophical tradition / Hava Tirosh-Samuelson --
The Bible in the Jewish mystical tradition / Michael Fishbane --
Jewish biblical scholarship from the 17th to the 19th centuries / Edward Breuer --
Modern Jewish interpretation / Marc Zvi Brettler --
Biblical ideas and institutions. The religion of the Bible / Stephen A. Geller --
Concepts of purity in the Bible / Jonathan Klawans --
Daily life in biblical times / Oded Borowski --
The temple / Victor Avigdor Hurowitz ; edited for publication by Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler --
Biblical calendars / Sacha Stern --
Biblical festivals and fast days / Baruch A. Levine --
Historical and ideal Davidic kingship / Marvin A. Sweeney --
War and peace in the Bible / Jacob L. Wright --
The Bible in Jewish life. The Bible in the synagogue / Avigdor Shinan --
The Bible in the liturgy / Ruth Langer --
Jewish customs / Daniel Sperber --
The Bible in Israeli life / Uriel Simon --
The Jewish Bible in America / Jonathan D. Sarna --
Jewish women's scholarly writings on the Bible / Adele Reinhartz --
Jewish translations of the Bible / Leonard J. Greenspoon --
Backgrounds for reading the Bible. The history of Israel in the biblical period / Oded Lipschits --
Geography of biblical land of Israel / Amitai Baruchi-Unna --
Archeology and the Hebrew Bible / Aren M. Maeir --
On the Bible and the ancient Near East / Jack M. Sasson --
Languages of the Bible / Steven E. Fassberg --
Textual criticism / Emanuel Tov --
The canonization of the Bible / Marc Zvi Brettler --
The development of the Masoretic Bible / Jordan S. Penkower --
The modern study of the Bible / Marvin A. Sweeney --
Gender in the Bible / Marc Zvi Brettler --
Reading biblical poetry / Adele Berlin --
Reading biblical narrative / Yair Zakovitch --
Reading biblical law / Shalom E. Holtz --
The Hebrew Bible in other scriptures. Use of the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament / Amy-Jill Levine --
The Hebrew Bible and biblical exegesis in the Qurʼan and Muslim tradition / Jacob Lassner.
