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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 rabbinical and Christian 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 continues to develop projects that for-profit publishers will not invest in, significant scholarly projects that may take years to complete. Other core JPS projects include the ongoing JPS Bible commentary series, books on Jewish lifestyle and customs, new JPS Guides, and its many Bible editions and Bible study resources.〔Jewishpub.org〕 Beginning in 2012, JPS publications will be distributed by the University of Nebraska Press.〔("Regents approve purchase of Jewish books" ), ''Lincoln Journal Star'', September 9, 2011.〕〔Robert Leiter, ("A New Chapter for JPS" ), ''The Jewish Exponent'', September 14, 2011.〕 ==History== The first Jewish Publication Society was founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, but was dissolved years later after a fire destroyed the building and the entire JPS stock.〔(www.jewishtimes-sj.com )〕 The 1880s saw an “awakening of interest in Judaism and Jewish culture of the part of young Jews… (a ) growing sense of American Jewry’s destiny on the world Jewish stage.” In response to the growing need for English-language Jewish texts, rabbis and lay leaders of the American Jewish community met on June 3, 1888 at a national convention in Philadelphia to discuss the re-founding of a national Jewish publication society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chabad Center offers ‘Kabbalah of Marriage’ sessions Wednesdays )〕 That day, after many squabbles, debates, and political maneuverings, the Jewish Publication Society was “gaveled into being.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chabad Offers New Look at Spirituality )〕 As JPS moved into the 20th century, membership grew rapidly. After years of meetings, deliberations and revisions, the entire translation of the Bible was finally completed in 1917. This crowning achievement was put to use at the start of World War I, when young Jewish men were given prayer books and Bible readings as they marched off to war.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Life Enriching “Kabbalah of You” Course Starting )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chabad hosts Kabbalah course for East Hanover )〕〔(cape-coral-daily-breeze.com )〕 As Hitler and the Nazi party rose to power during the 1930s, Jews in America resisted anti-Semitism through the power of words. Works such as ''The Decay of Czarism'' and ''Legends of the Jews'' became staples of Jewish literacy and helped to preserve the legacy of European Jewry. 〔(www.jewishpv.com )〕 JPS also assisted the war effort by supporting refugee employment and resettlement, and by printing pamphlets that were dropped behind enemy lines, at the request of the American government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JLI Teens :: News )〕 During the latter half of the 20th century, JPS published a revised translation of the Bible, books detailing both war atrocities and triumphs, and books with a new-found focus on the State of Israel. Works such as ''The JPS Commentary Series'', ''The Jewish Catalog'' and ''The K’Tonton Series'' were tremendously successful. In 1985, the newly translated three parts of the Bible (the Torah, Prophets, and Writings) were finally compiled into what is now known as the JPS Tanakh (or NJPS, New JPS translation, to distinguish it from the OJPS, or Old JPS translation of 1917).〔 In September 2011, JPS entered into a new collaborative publishing arrangement with the University of Nebraska Press, under which Nebraska purchased all of JPS's outstanding book inventory, and will become responsible for the production, distribution, and marketing of all JPS publications, effective January 1, 2012. JPS said that it would reduce staff but continue its operations from its Philadelphia headquarters, emphasizing the development of new projects, including an electronic version of the JPS Bible. 〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rabbis aim to inject more morality into business )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewish Publication Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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