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Cover of The JPS Commentary on the Haggadah: Historical Introduction, Translation, and Commentary
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The JPS Com­men­tary on the Hag­gadah: His­tor­i­cal Intro­duc­tion, Trans­la­tion, and Commentary
Joseph Tabory; David Stern, fwd.
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My Peo­ple’s Passover Hag­gadah: Tra­di­tion­al Texts, Mod­ern Com­men­taries Vol­ume 2
Lawrence A. Hoffman and David Arnow, eds.
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Jon­ah: A Mod­ern Commentary
Leonard S. Kravitz; Kerry M. Olitzky
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The Zohar: Pritzk­er Edi­tion, Vol­ume Six
Daniel C. Matt, trans. and commentary
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The JPS Bible Com­men­tary: Ruth
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Tikva Frymer-Kensky, eds.
Cover of Torah Through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary From the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times
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Torah Through Time: Under­stand­ing Bible Com­men­tary From the Rab­binic Peri­od to Mod­ern Times
Shai Cherry
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Canon With­out Clo­sure: Torah Commentaries
Ismar Schorsch
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The Mod­ern Men’s Torah Com­men­tary: New Insights from Jew­ish Men on the 54 Week­ly Torah Portions
Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, ed.
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The Torah: A Wom­en’s Commentary
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Andrea L Weiss, eds.
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The Zohar: Pritzk­er Edi­tion, Vol­ume Three
Daniel C. Matt, trans. and commentary
Cover of Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible
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Torah Queeries: Week­ly Com­men­taries on the Hebrew Bible
Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser and David Shneer, eds.
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A Lit­er­ary Bible: An Orig­i­nal Translation
David Rosen­berg
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The Com­men­ta­tors’ Bible: The JPS Miqra’ot Gedolot : Leviticus
Michael Carasik, ed. and trans.
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The Zohar: Pritzk­er Edi­tion, Vol­ume Five
Daniel Matt, trans. and commentary
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Fig­u­ra­tive Lan­guage in Bib­li­cal Prose Nar­ra­tive: Metaphor in the Book of Samuel 
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