The Five Books of Moses

“Based on the Buber-Rosenzweig translation of the Hebrew Bible, completed in 1960, Fox’s new rendering of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy is a breathtaking translation that captures the beautiful, majestic, and dynamic character of biblical Hebrew. In his translation, Fox (Jewish studies, Clark Univ.) lovingly caresses the language of the Bible so that readers may listen to it as it was heard and read by its earliest Jewish audience. Listen, for example, to his rendering of Exodus 3:14, the encounter between God and Moses: “God said to Moshe:/Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh/I will be-there howsoever I will be there.” Fox provides keen and insightful notes and commentary, and the introductions to each book are crisp and fresh. The Five Books of Moses demonstrates the living character of scripture in the modern world. An essential purchase for all libraries.” – Henry L. Carrigan Jr., Westerville P.L., Ohio