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The Holy Scriptures, according to the Masoretic text (1917)
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The Jewish Publication Society of America Version (JPS) of the Tanakh (also known as the Hebrew Bible) was the first Bible translation published by the Jewish Publication Society of America and the first ever translation of the Tanakh into English by a committee of Jews (though there had been earlier solo attempts such as that of Isaac Leeser). The full publication title is The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: A New Translation with the Aid of Previous Versions and with Constant Consultation of Jewish Authorities.
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תורה נביאים וכתובים


THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT


A NEW TRANSLATION


WITH THE AID OF PREVIOUS VERSIONS AND WITH
CONSTANT CONSULTATION OF JEWISH AUTHORITIES



PHILADELPHIA

THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA

5677–1917

Copyright, 1917,
By The Jewish Publication Society of America
All rights reserved


Third Impression, August, 1919


The Lakeside Press, Chicago

Chapters (not listed in original)

תורה

THE LAW

Page
Genesis 3
Exodus 65
Leviticus 118
Numbers 157
Deuteronomy 212

נביאים

THE PROPHETS

Page
Joshua 261
Judges 293
I Samuel 325
II Samuel 366
I Kings 401
II Kings 441
Isaiah 479
Jeremiah 561
Ezekiel 644
The Twelve
Hosea 709
Joel 720
Amos 725
Obadiah 734
Jonah 736
Micah 739
Nahum 746
Habakkuk 749
Zephaniah 753
Haggai 757
Zechariah 759
Malachi 770

כתובים

THE WRITINGS

Page
Psalms 777
Proverbs 883
Job 924
Song of Songs 966
Ruth 973
Lamentations 978
Ecclesiastes 987
Esther 997
Daniel 1007
Ezra 1027
Nehemiah 1039
I Chronicles 1058
II Chronicles 1094

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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