Commentary on Translation Choices in the JPS TANAKH (RJPS)
A commentary in progress, on many of the phrases that differ in the RJPS translation (a/k/a THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition, 2023) compared to its base translation, NJPS (a/k/a TANAKH, 1962, 1967, 1985, 1999), including its footnotes. This is an edited version of working notes created during the preparation of RJPS. Thus far, more than 350 comments have been issued. (Disclaimer: The scholarly views expressed in these comments are mine alone; I do not speak for The Jewish Publication Society or its staff.) For the book’s preface, see
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Commentary on Translation Choices in the JPS Tanakh (RJPS)
On the noun אִישׁ in Genesis 19:9
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Nehemiah 6:11 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Nehemiah 5:13 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Nehemiah 3:2 - On the noun אֲנָשִׁים
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Leviticus 18:23 - On the noun אִשָּׁה
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Leviticus 18:6 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
On the “epiphany” in Genesis 12:7
Explaining how the RJPS translation’s alternative renderings construe a manifestation by God when it is depicted via the verb ראה with a Niphal stem.
Leviticus 16:2 - On the “epiphany”
Explaining how the RJPS translation’s alternative renderings construe a manifestation by God when it is depicted via the verb ראה with a Niphal stem.
Isaiah 66:13 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Esther 7:8 - On what gets Haman killed
Explaining the RJPS rendering.
1 Kings 2:2 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Deuteronomy 29:9 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
1 Kings 8:2 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Leviticus 13:44 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Exodus 16:16 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Exodus 12:44 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
On the noun אִישׁ (and אִשָּׁה) in Genesis 7:2
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
Leviticus 7:8 - On the noun אִישׁ
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
On the noun אִישׁ in 1 Samuel 9:9
Entry in a commentary on the noun אִישׁ in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)