Jeremiah

by Abraham Cohen

Hardcover. Hebrew Bible literature.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Abraham Cohen was a Jewish-British scholar. He was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud and Midrash. He attended the University of London and Cambridge and was a minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation from 1933.

Reviews

[Laure Hittle · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really appreciate the layout and commentary in this volume. Each page includes the pointed Hebrew text and an English translation (i think JPS 1917?) side-by-side, and notes below. The notes are drawn from a wealth of Jewish scholarship—Rashi, Daath Mikra, Metsudath David, Kimchi, Talmud, Ibn Ezra, Abarbanel, etc. etc. A thing i deeply appreciate about Jewish commentary is that the Protestant fundamentalist/evangelical need to nail everything firmly to the ground is not relevant here. Different readings and interpretations are given together, sometimes with comment regarding the strength of each argument, but often with no attempt to reconcile them, because each has something to say and absolute certainty is not the goal—deep engagement in community is. i found a number of comments which i will be looking up to investigate further and which i hope will help me in my thesis. Frequent acknowledgement of Messianism and the Messianic age are also here, with no polemic regarding Christian interpretation of this, which is also refreshing. No doubt the scholars herein may at times argue vigorously amongst themselves, but there is no hint of partisanship or rancor or rivalry. It is just faithful rabbinic scholarship.