Pathways through the Bible: Classic Selections from the Tanakh (Third Edition)

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Copyright © 2002 by The Jewish Publication Society All rights reserved First edition published 1946. Second edition published 1960. Paperback edition published 1987. Third edition published 2002. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, except for brief passages in connection with a critical review, without permission in writing from the publisher: The Jewish Publication Society 2100 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 www.jewishpub.org Design and composition by Sasgen Graphic Design Manufactured in the United States of America 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bible. O.T. English. Selections. 2002 Pathways through the Bible : classic selections from the Tanakh / by Mortimer J. Cohen ; updated and revised by David E. Sulomm Stein ; illustrations by Arthur Szyk.--3rd ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-8276-0301-0 I. Cohen, Mortimer J. (Mortimer Joseph), 1894-1972. II. Stein, David E. III. Jewish Publication Society. IV. Title BS1091 .C57 2002 221.5’208--dc21 2001038973 Dedicated To the memory of my mother, Rachel, who was as gentle as her biblical namesake, and my father, Joseph, who in his way was also a man of dreams. MORTIMER J. COHEN Dedication In March 1943 my beloved seventy-year-old mother, EUGENIA SZYK, was taken from the ghetto of Lodz to the Nazi furnaces of Maidanek. With her, voluntarily went her faithful servant, the good Christian, JOSEPHA, a Polish peasant. Together, hand in hand, they were burned alive. In memory of the two noble martyrs I dedicate my pictures of the Bible as an eternal Kaddish for these great souls. ARTHUR SZYK ...