Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Kevin Franco <kevin.franco AT sbcglobal.net>]

A few years ago, my friend gave me a travel-size copy of Etz Hayim, which is 
available from Amazon for about $20.00 USD:

http://www.amazon.com/Etz-Hayim-Torah-Commentary-Travel-size/dp/0827608047

A description and reviews are found on the Amazon page.  Etz Hayim is a 
parallel Hebrew-English text, so if you want to read the Hebrew and not get 
distracted by the English, you'll want to cover the English column with a 
business card or a piece of paper.  The text is a little on the small side, 
perhaps about 8pt size, but it suits me fine.  The coated paper used is of 
good quality and not too thin.

This edition features a running commentary at the bottom of the page, as well 
as short lectionary readings (tied to the Jewish calendar) from other parts 
of the Hebrew Bible.  As an example of the latter, one finds the First and 
Second Haftarahs of Admonition (Haftarahs for Mattot and Mas'ei) between the 
book of Numbers and the book of Deuteronomy.  These comprise readings from 
Jeremiah 1.1-2.28 and two short alternate concluding texts (Jer 3.4 or Jer 
4.1-2) on pages 968-977.  All the readings are marked fairly well and are not 
overly cumbersome.

Hope this helps!

Kevin Franco
Streamwood IL

On Sun Mar 7th, 2010 7:06 PM CST K Randolph wrote:

>Thomas:
>
>Replying myself... What about
>> http://www.amazon.com/Koren-Classic-Shabbat-Chumash-Ashkenaz/dp/9653010603
>> http://www.amazon.com/Koren-Classic-Shabbat-Chumash-Prayers/dp/9653010611/
>>
>>
>Back in the days when I still schlepped around dead tree versions, I found
>the Koren edition of Tanakh had all the points, fairly easy to read yet
>would fit into a coat pocket. Since then, every computer that I own has a
>Bible on it, most including both a Westminster and an Aleppo versions,
>except for my iPod Touch where I could see no reason for points, so I
>downloaded the Aleppo version only. It was a free download from
>http://www.crosswire.org
>
>Karl W. Randolph.
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