What is the best English translation of the Hebrew Bible?
What is the best English translation of the Hebrew Bible? Dear Rabbi, You said the best and most reliable English translation of the Hebrew Bible is the TaNaKH, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America. I would like you to please expound upon your feelings on the Stone Edition Tanakh in terms of its bias toward Orthodox Judaism, specifically with respect to its accuracy in translating the Hebrew into English and please share with me your feelings on The Jerusalem Bible by Koren. Thank you, Daniel Answer: Dear Daniel, Shabbat Shalom and Hag Sameah. Almost Shabbat here and I hasten to write. I prefer the result of both traditional and modern scholarship, rather than only traditional scholarship. I want a committee under editorial review which is familiar with all of the languages that lend themselves to Bible translation and also are familiar with the anthropology, history, culture, society, etc. of that world in which the Bible was formed. It may turn out that the traditio
