JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: Pocket Edition
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Book Reviews of JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh: Pocket Edition
Book Review: JPS Hebrew/English Tanakh
Summary: 5 Stars
Item was delivered early and in excellent condition. What else could I possibly ask for? A very reasonable price to boot!Book Review: Best English Translation with almost flawless Hebrew
Summary: 5 Stars
Best English Translation with almost flawless Hebrew and fits neatly into a big coat pocket.Book Review: Worked out great.
Summary: 5 Stars
It came very soon after I ordered it. It was just like its picture, no surprises.Book Review: Good value but bring your glasses.
Summary: 4 Stars
This "pocket" version of the Tanakh represents a good value.
It is small in terms of width and height, but its thickness make it unusable as a "pocket" book. It would fit nicely into a briefcase without taking up too much room.
The book is printed on good quality paper but the plasticized cardboard cover, once bent to the open position, doesn't want to go easily back to the closed position. Like most paperbacks, it wants to lie flat with the cover sticking straight up in the air.
My vision is 20/20, even though I use cheaters with a light prescription to read fine print. In the case of this version of the Tanakh, I definitely need my cheaters to read the scripture, because the print is very small.
Next time, I think I'll buy a version that's a bit bigger by height and width and not quite so thick and that has bigger print.
My negative comments notwithstanding, it DOES represent good value and is very usable for the purpose for which it was intended.
Book Review: A useful biblical Hebrew resource.
Summary: 4 Stars
The JPS Tanakh fills an important niche is the study of Biblical Hebrew. Having the English side by side with the Hebrew helps throse of us whose Hebrew skills are a little rusty to mine the beautiful riches of the original language.
That having been said, I would have found an iterlinear far more helpful than a parrallel. With the parrallel set-up, it is difficult to see the word-to-word corespondence 100% of the time.
Also, the format of the pocket edition was rather bulky. I don't see how this could be improved, seeing how the entire Hebrew testament is included and the font is diminished as far as possible, but the resulting 3 inch thick book does not supply the convenient portablity I was looking for.