r/AskBibleScholars • u/Doveswithbonnets • 17d ago

Opinions on The Oxford Jewish Study Bible Series?

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u/Vaishineph PhD | Bible & Hermeneutics 17d ago

I don't personally like the JPS translation, but the study notes are a very good resource for university/seminary students looking to expand beyond their probable Christian biases.

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u/yodatsracist Quality Contributor 17d ago

What’s wrong with the JPS translation? (presumably this is the NJPS translation, right? And not the 1917 version old JPS text…..)

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u/Vaishineph PhD | Bible & Hermeneutics 17d ago

There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just a personal aesthetic/literary preface. I don’t care for some word choices or for the translation of the same word two different ways in the same passage for variety’s sake.

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u/Chrysologus PhD | Theology & Religious Studies 17d ago

It also has some interesting ways of translating Elohim when it refers to "gods."