Bible Review

For purposes of illustration in this article, I will compare the translation of the Revised Standard Version (RSV), a highly respected, interfaith translation of the Bible, with The Book’s paraphrase.

The Book (Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale, 1984) 1310 pp., $9.95 paper.

A sukkah is a small temporary enclosure, roofed with branches, in which Jews eat and sometimes sleep during the week of the Feast of Tabernacles or Succot.

Midrash (plural, midrashim) refers to a non-literal elaboration of a biblical text, often for homiletic purposes; Midrash is a genre of rabbinic literature.

Jakob Rosenberg, Rembrandt (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1948).