Tanach: The Stone, Student Size Black (Hebrew and English Edition) Hardcover – Student Edition, May 1, 2001

This is one of my favorite versions of The Tanahk it is very well put together and makes me proud to have had the opportunity to Honor My FATHER YAHWEH with such a special work of THE WORD OF YAHWEH.

B"H-- the greatest version of Tanakh out there (in English!) is this fantastic Artscroll classic. The cover is quite striking. The black with gold lettering is so lovely & the text of the English rendering of the scripture is also very beautiful. The Hebrew is crisp & clean. The print is not small, the book itself is a perfect size for a comfortable read.Some more knowledgeable students of Tanakh may complain about certain choices Artscroll made concerning the translation to English. "Shir Hashirim" for example is not the literal translation, but Rashi's allegorical rendering instead. But for a newer student of scripture, and especially for B'nai Noach, the translation is perfect. Noachides are not to delve too deep into the study of Torah & so this Artscroll translation sufficiently teaches us what Hashem Yitbarach spoke to Moshe & revealed to the other prophets & kings.There is a good amount of commentary to elucidate the verses, but for a more deep study, I recommend buying each individual book. The book comes shrinkwrapped & arrived in perfect condition, so I have no complaints at all. The price is great too, a bit cheaper than buying direct from Artscroll.

Black travel size Tanakh. Wonderful and enlightening. Arrived early. Truly the most cherished of writings I have. Best purchase.

I recently ordered this artscroll stone edition tanach and it's excellent. Zeh tanach hu tov maod. That means this tanach is very good in Hebrew. I can read ancient Hebrew on an intermediate level and I read the Hebrew text more than the English translation but the English translation is excellent and I love the clear Hebrew type and vowel markings and the classic commentary from the talmud and the midrashim. The binding is very strong and the cover is so beautiful. I love the strong ribbon page marker. My favorite part of the tanach to read is sefer tehillim. The book of psalms. I can read about 60 of the 150 psalms without needing to look up any Hebrew words in my brown driver Briggs Hebrew and English lexicon. I find that the print and binding in this tanach is much better than with my biblia hebraica stuttgartensia compact edition . This is a much better tanach than any jps translations. I grew up going to a reformed synagogue and my mother of blessed memory was Jewish and I really paid attention in Hebrew school but still forgot alot after my bar mitzvah but in recent years I've been refreshing and expanding my knowledge of ancient Hebrew and even though I'm not a really religious Jew I have great respect for our history and language and tradition and I am spiritual and believe in ha Shem and say Baruch ha Shem for preserving the Jewish ppl and our sacred tanach. I strongly recommend learning ancient Hebrew because the English is no where near as beautiful to read as the Hebrew especially in the sefer tehillim

I have been wanting a translation like this for a while. I am new (have glanced at it before) to this translation. I am a Christian. I have a bachelors degree in Bible Theology. But I felt like I was missing something. I started looking into my Interlinear Hebrew-English Bible but things that I needed better understanding i was missing out.Exactly today it has been a week since I got it and started reading. Like I have said. It has given me new joy to read this bible. I look forward to reading it. I am at Exodus 15. As I read I can imagine their journey.Anyways. I had ordered by mistake the pocket size. I am 60 yrs old. And the font was too small. I was able to return and ordered the student edition. It's beautiful. Solid hard covers. Pages are too thin and do get stuck together. Also too thin so you need to be careful in turning the pages because they will tear (I almost did that).Translation is what I needed. Commentaries are good. Some don't explain well enough but give an opinion.Over all I recommend.

I was worried about what I would be getting due to the listings lack of photos, but I am very pleased with this purchase. If you are considering buying this work, I Highly Recommend!

Good, clean, and delivered before expected.Thank you

This is a well crafted volume designed for a lifetime of use. It is written in modern English while providing the original Hebrew on opposing pages. Any Biblical scholar should have a volume like this in his library if only for the eloquence of the translation.