Currently reading this book.

This heavy book contains Fox's translation, with notes and commentary, of all five books of the Torah. He had previously published a translation of Genesis and one of Exodus and a book with both of these. (I own the first and last of these, which I think I'll keep, because this current translation is heavy! Even so, i wish that he had included the Hebrew.) I heard him speak many years ago; he explained that he wanted his translation to be faithful to the Hebrew rather than beautiful in English. ( )

Out standing translation ( )

A translation of the Pentateuch that rivals the brilliant achievement of Franz Rosenweig and Martin Buber. Fox restores the cadences of the original Hebrew, explicates the puns, and returns biblical names to their Hebrew equivalents. The result is an earthy, pungent, vital, breathing, truly Hebrew Hebrew Bible. ( )

A great resource for Biblical study. It keeps as much of the Hebrew literary elements as possible, and explains them, adding a new dimension of understanding. ( )