TWO NEW BOOKS FROM SCM:

A Rabbi Reads the Psalms

2nd Edition

Jonathon Magonet

This second enlarged edition of Jonathon Magonet's 1994 introduction to the Jewish reading of the Psalms will be welcomed. It has become a staple of university reading lists and helped many take their first steps in understanding the poetry of the Hebrew Bible and offers an insight into the different kinds of spiritual understanding to be found in Jewish Tradition. Two new studies of Psalms 51 and 118 are included in this edition.

2nd Ed 0 334 02953 8 216x135mm�� 200pp �14.99 February�2004


A Rabbi Reads the Bible

2nd Edition

Jonathan Magonet

Since it's first appearance in 1991, Jonathan Magonet's introduction to the Jewish reading of Scripture has proved immensely popular. The informal style and wit open a wide range of scholarly issues to the general and specialist reader, and encourage a journey of discovery into unfamiliar tradition and modern Jewish approaches to the text of the Bible. Two new chapters add to the value of this stimulating book.

2nd Ed 0 334 02952 X 180pp 216x135mm �14.99 February 2004

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