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The Best of JPS
Top titles for undergraduate and adult education. Prepared by Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz, JPS Director Emeritus.
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JPS Audio Bible
A recorded version of the JPS TANAKH, the most widely read English translation of the Hebrew (the Jewish) Bible.
Produced and recorded for JPS by The Jewish Braille Institute. This complete, unabridged audio version features over 60 hours of readings by 13 narrators.
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Braille and large print formats of biblical and liturgical materials are also available through the JBI Library.
The JPS Bible Commentary: Jonah
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Uriel Simon (author)
Read More and BuyAbout the Book
Based on the same format and design as the Torah volumes, Jonah provides a critical line-by-line commentary of the biblical text, which is presented in its original Hebrew, complete with vocalization and cantillation marks, as well as the JPS English translation. It includes a scholarly introduction, extensive bibliographic and critical notes, and other explanatory material.
View JPS Bible Commentary series.
Praise
Simon’s commentary is a welcome addition to this excellent series.
—Interpretation
An outstanding literary and exegetical commentary on the book of Jonah.
This volume is a welcome addition to modern scholarship on the Book of Jonah.
—David J. Zucker, Jewish Bible Quarterly
Uriel Simon
Uriel Simon is a professor at Bar Ilan University in Israel and served as a director of the university’s Institute for the History of Jewish Research. He has also taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Yale University, and Harvard University.