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| Founded | 1888 |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Philadelphia |
| Publication types | Books |
| Nonfiction topics | Judaica |
| Official website | jps |
The Jewish Publication Society (JPS), originally known as the Jewish Publication Society of America, is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher of Jewish works in English. Founded in Philadelphia in 1888, by Reform Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf among others, JPS is especially well known for its English translation of the Hebrew Bible, the JPS Tanakh.
The JPS Bible translation is used in Jewish and Christian[citation needed] seminaries, on hundreds of college campuses, in informal adult study settings, in synagogues, and in Jewish day schools and supplementary programs. It has been licensed in a wide variety of books as well as in electronic media.
As a nonprofit publisher, JPS develops projects that for-profit publishers will not invest in, significant projects that may take years to complete. Other core JPS projects include the ongoing JPS Bible commentary series; books on Jewish tradition, holidays and customs, history, theology, ethics and philosophy; midrash and Rabbinics; and its many Bible editions and Bible study resources.[1]
Since 2012, JPS publications have been distributed by the University of Nebraska Press.[2][3]
- ^ jps.org
- ^ "Regents approve purchase of Jewish books", Lincoln Journal Star, September 9, 2011.
- ^ Robert Leiter, "A New Chapter for JPS" Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine, The Jewish Exponent, September 14, 2011.