About The Jewish Publication Society

Founded in 1888, the Jewish Publication Society is the preeminent publisher of classic and contemporary Jewish texts for readers of English worldwide. The current list includes nearly three hundred scholarly and popular works of history, philosophy, ethics, and theology. JPS is best known for its acclaimed Bible commentary and its widely read English translation of the Hebrew Bible, the JPS TANAKH.

In 2012 JPS and UNP agreed to a partnership. UNP now produces and distributes JPS books, while title acquisition and content development remain in the hands of JPS staff. For more information about JPS, please visit jps.org.

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Featured Books

The Book of Revolutions

Edward Feld

The Messiah Confrontation

Israel Knohl
Translated by David Maisel

JEWels

Edited by Steve Zeitlin
Lead commentary by Peninnah Schram

With commentaries by
Robert Bernstein, Esther Cohen, Lisa Lipkin, Bob Mankoff,
Flash Rosenberg, Jack Santino, Rabbi Edward Schecter, and Zev Shanken

With contributions by
Dennis J. Bernstein, Robert Bernstein, Roslyn Bresnick-Perry, Esther Cohen, Sylvia Cole, Rachel Ray Faust, Robert Hershon, Bob Holman, Rabbi David Holtz, David Ignatow, Marc Kaminsky, Cherie Karo-Schwartz, Mayer Kirshenblatt, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Carol Klenfner, Jack Kugelmass, Annie Lanzillotto, Warren Lehrer, Philip Levine, Lisa Lipkin, Bob Mankoff, Linda Pastan, Flash Rosenberg, Jack Santino, Rabbi Edward Schecter, Peninnah Schram, Renée Fodor Schwarz, Hal Sirowitz, Zev Shanken, Mark Solomon, Sparrow, Arthur Strimling, Marc Wallace, Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Francine Witte, Lila Zeiger, Aaron Zeitlin, and others

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