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I am teaching a class on Bereshit in the fall and wanted to distribute the audio and some commentary and do not want to deal with permissions and verse counting, etc. I searched for a public domain translation that had a Jewish basis and came up empty handed.

So, I have started creating my own modernized version of the text based on the JPS. The main goal is to produce a readable, reasonably accurate translation, to use in class. It is important that it does not make me feel like I am at the renaissance fair whilst reading it.

I am using the TXT file on this page as my starting point. My plan is to release the whole book of Bereshit under the creative commons or similar license. I should have Bereshit completed by the end of August if not sooner. My questions:. Is there interest in this? I do an entire class on the Genesis through Kings Narrative, so it would be quite an undertaking — but working through every line of the text is giving me quite an intimate experience with it, so I think the work may be worth it.

What you are working on is quite important but you may benefit from collaborating with others. We recommend your working together with the Sefaria Project , which uses the JPS as their base for translation. Not sure if anyone is still monitoring these comments but I had an observation about the text file available from this page: the first 16 verses from the book of Ruth are missing. Song of Songs ends, there is a gap, and then it picks up in the middle of Ruth chapter Songs Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Good catch. Other than fixing obvious typos like my […]. Contributor s :. Shared on:. Targumim Translations.

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Next Geneva Bible Breeches. Thank you, Mr Editor. Could you tell more more about the Bibles? There is lots of info on Wikipedia and from the Jewish publication society. Hi, There are many English translations of the Hebrew Bible. If you need to download please see our Download a Bible page. Thank you. This Bible was already tempered with. The Torah was already removed at this point.

Best wishes. Kindly email me the original Hebrew Bible. Pastor G. Hope it helps!