Jewish Publication Society of America Version
1917 English translation of the Hebrew Bible / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Bible translation published in 1917 by the JPS. For the New Jewish Publication Society Version see JPS Tanakh (NJPS). For the organisation itself, see Jewish Publication Society of America.
The Jewish Publication Society of America Version (JPS) of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) was the first Bible translation published by the Jewish Publication Society of America and the first translation of the Tanakh into English by a committee of Jews (though there had been earlier solo efforts, such as that of Isaac Leeser).[1] 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.