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THE HOLY SCRIPTURES - Jewish Publication Society
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 ii Copyright 1917, By The Jewish Publication Society of America All rights reserved The Lakeside Press, Chicago iii PREFACE The following is from the preface to the Jewish Publication Society 's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English: The sacred task of translating the Word of God, as revealed to Israel through lawgiver, prophet, psalmist, and sage, began at an early date.
Scriptures had become a subject of curiosity and perhaps also of anxiety to the pagan or semi-pagan world. While this tradition contains an element of truth, it is certain that the primary object of translating the Bible was to minister to a need nearer home. Upon the
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