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Benchmark of Jewish Religious Scholarship Offered by Olive Tree Bible Software

SPOKANE, WA – (August 15, 2005) – In cooperation with the Jewish Publishing Society, Olive Tree Bible Software offers handheld users the highly acclaimed JPS Tanakh. Regarded throughout the world as the gold standard English translation of the Holy Scriptures from the Hebrew text, this version is the result of a 30-year collaboration of eminent Jewish Bible scholars representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in the United States. The JPS Tanakh has won the universal approval and acceptance of scholars, rabbis, lay leaders, Jews and Christians.

“Turns Holy Writ into fresh, understandable, contemporary language. A landmark of Jewish religious scholarship,” says Time Magazine.

This entirely original translation is based on the Masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text. Not since the third century has such a broad-based committee of Jewish scholars produced such a major translation. The translators made use of an entire range of biblical interpretation, ancient and modern, Jewish and non-Jewish. The result is a triumph of literary style and biblical scholarship.

"The Jewish Publication Society's lucid translation Tanakh...combines the insights of traditional Jewish commentaries and modern scholarship based on ancient Near Eastern languages and literature, archaeology, and literary studies," says Rabbi Jeffrey H. Tigay, Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, Graduate Chair for Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

Handheld users can now reap the benefits of the Tanakh’s unsurpassed accuracy and clarity with the digital version. “This highly respected Bible is a resource for Jews and Christians alike,” says Drew Haninger, President of Olive Tree Bible Software, “The Hebrew translators often have the best sense and feeling of the original meaning.”

About Olive Tree Bible Software

Olive Tree Bible Software provides Bible versions and study tools for Palm OS, Pocket PC, Smartphone and Symbian cell phones and BlackBerry devices.  They publish over 80 electronic translations of the Bible as well as commentaries, dictionaries, devotionals, eBooks and Strong’s numbering system.  The Bible is offered in various languages, including German, French, Spanish, Chinese and many others.  Original Hebrew and Greek texts are also available.  Additionally, web and online cell phone (WAP) Bible search engines are provided.  Visit www.OliveTree.com.

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