Pathways Through the Bible: Classic Selections from the Tanakh

by Mortimer J. Cohen, Ellen Frankel (Foreword by), David Ezra Stein (Revised by)

The Jewish Publication Society first published Pathways Through the Bible in 1946, selling over 250,000 copies through the early 1990s. This revised third edition replaces the 1917 JPS translation of the Bible with the 1985 translation, and updates the author's prose into modern, gender-sensitive idiom that reflects the sense and sensibilities of our own time. Included are 24 illustrations by noted artist Arthur Szyk.

656 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 1946

Reviews

[Pamela Forth · Rating 5 out of 5]

An old, easy reading of the Hebrew Scriptures (Christian Old Testament). If you want to know what it's all about, without all the shalt's, thee's and thou's, and with clear simple explanations, this book is for you. Old is Gold!