On the Five Books of Moses is a collection of Everett Fox’s essays expanding upon his 20th-century Bible translation, a work designed to draw the reader into the world of the Bible through the power of its language. In his translation, Fox captures the experience of reading the Tanakh in the original Hebrew, prioritizing the sound and feel of the language. In these essays, he analyzes the themes, structures, characters, and major events of each of the Torah’s five books.