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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Bibles and Commentaries

  • Elyse Goldstein, ed. The Women’s Torah Commentary; Woodstock: Jewish Lights, 2000
  • Jonathan Magonet, Rabbi’s Bible; London: SCM, 1991
    -- Approachable and personal accounts of bible study
  • Jonathan Magonet, Bible Lives; London: SCM, 1992. Character sketches
  • R A M Silbermann, ed. Chumash with Rashi’s Commentary (5 vols); Jerusalem: Feldheim, 1984
    -- The great medieval scholar Rashi is still a major resource
  • Adin Steinsaltz, Biblical Images: Men and Women of the Book; New York: Basic Books, 1984
  • Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures; Philadelphia and New York: JPS, 1988
    -- The standard bible translation used in Liberal Judaism. Several copies held
  • Torah Nevi’im Ketuvim; London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1960
    -- The Hebrew bible in a good clear text
  • Abraham J Twerski, Living Each Week; New York: Mesorah, 1992
    -- Orthodox commentaries on the weekly Torah portions
  • Moshe Weissman, The Midrash Says (3 vols: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus); New York: Benei Yakov 1980, 1982
    -- Anthologies of Talmudic and Midrashic commentary. Way over the top. See also the excellent bible essays in Holtz, ed. Back to the Sources (listed in the general. section)