Five Megilloth and Jonah JPS 1969 First Edition Ismar David Hardcover HC

The Five Megilloth and Jonah: A New Translation

Introductions by H.L. Ginsberg

Drawings and design by Ismar David

The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia

First Edition, 1969

EDITION DETAILS

- Copyright 1969 by The Jewish Publication Society of America

- Confirmed First Edition per copyright page

- Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 69-19043

- Designed entirely by Ismar David – celebrated German-Jewish

typographer, calligrapher, and graphic artist

- Hebrew text from the Soncino Edition of the Books of the Bible

- Bilingual Hebrew and English – opens from right (Hebrew direction)

- No dust jacket

- Part of the JPS New Translation series alongside The Torah (1962)

CONTENTS

- The Song of Songs

- Ruth

- Lamentations

- Ecclesiastes

- Esther

- Jonah

Each book includes an introduction by H.L. Ginsberg and original

drawings by Ismar David throughout

ABOUT THIS BOOK

A landmark publication in modern Jewish biblical translation,

produced as a companion to the celebrated 1962 JPS Torah translation.

The Five Megilloth are each read in the synagogue in connection with

Jewish holidays. This edition is distinguished by the calligraphic

typography and original drawings of Ismar David, making it as much

a work of art as a scholarly translation. H.L. Ginsberg served as

editor-in-chief of the translation committee alongside Harry M.

Orlinsky and other leading Jewish scholars.

CONDITION

- Cover: Very Good – bright red cloth with silver Hebrew letterforms

printed on boards; light shelf wear only; spine lettering clear

- No dust jacket

- Interior: Pages clean and bright; original Ismar David drawings

throughout; binding tight and square

- Please review all photos carefully as they are part of the

item description

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