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The biblical commentaries known as Miqra’ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew readers. With the publication of this edition—the final volume of the acclaimed JPS English edition of Miqra’ot Gedolot—the voices of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Nachmanides, Rashbam, Abarbanel, Kimhi, and other medieval Bible commentators come alive once more, speaking in a contemporary English translation...

beginning of His course” (Prov. 8:22), and for the sake of Israel, which is called “the first fruits of His harvest” (Jer. 2:3). But when you mean to interpret the text straightforwardly, interpret it this way: “At the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, the earth was unformed and void and dark. God said, ‘Let there be light.’ ” The text is not saying that heaven and earth were created first. If it were, it would have to say barishonah, which is how you say “in the beginning” (OJPS) in
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