The Torah: A Women's Commentary

by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi (Editor), Andrea L. Weiss (Associate Editor)

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"Originally published by URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism. More than 100 female theologians, historians, sociologists, scholars, anthropologists, poets, rabbis, and cantors contributed their research, thoughts, and discussions. Provides a synthesis of traditional interpretation methods and critical approaches with more contemporary, topical methods that give new meaning to the text"--

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I quite like the women-oriented commentaries, although I do wish that the commentaries had better citations, as I never know who actually said what when I read them, and it would be helpful to know in order to find out in what exact years the particular commentator lived (as with Rashi, ibn Ezra, Soforno, etc).
Obviously I will never be entirely finished with reading this sefer, but I do not need to have it up continually on my goodreads book shelf.

I must say that in comparing the translations in this Chumash against the translations in the JPS and the Artscroll, I tend to find the translation in this Women's version clearer and more readable (as well as in context).
I quite like the women-oriented commentaries, although I do wish that the commentaries had better citations, as I never know who actually said what when I read them, and it would be helpful to know in order to find out in what exact years the particular commentator lived (as with Rashi, ibn Ezra, Soforno, etc).
Obviously I will never be entirely finished with reading this sefer, but I do not need to have it up continually on my goodreads book shelf.

I must say that in comparing the translations in this Chumash against the translations in the JPS and the Artscroll, I tend to find the translation in this Women's version clearer and more readable (as well as in context).
Hear about this book directly from the publisher on The Book of Life podcast's coverage of the the 2008 Book Expo America conference! Rabbi Hara Person explains how it took 14 years to create this labor of love. Visit www.bookoflifepodcast.com and listen to Book Expo, Part 3, posted in July, 2008.

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Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies
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222.1077082ReligionThe BibleHistorical books of Old TestamentPentateuch
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BS1225.53 .T675Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionThe BibleThe BibleOld TestamentSpecial parts of the Old Testament
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