▁to ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁bib lic al ▁record ▁available ▁to ▁exper ts ▁and ▁students ▁al ike . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 2 0 ▁volumes ▁had ▁been ▁published , ▁each ▁edited ▁by ▁David ▁No el ▁Fre ed man , ▁General ▁Editor ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁Double day ▁( part ▁of ▁Random ▁House , ▁Inc .), ▁Fre ed man ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Since ▁then ▁John ▁J . ▁Collins ▁has ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁General ▁Editor . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Y ale ▁University ▁Press ▁purchased ▁the ▁An chor ▁Bible ▁Series . ▁Y ale ▁now ▁publish es ▁back list ▁titles ▁and ▁new ▁titles ▁as ▁the ▁An chor ▁Y ale ▁Bible ▁Series . ▁ ▁An chor ▁Bible ▁Comment ary ▁Series ▁The ▁An chor ▁Bible ▁Comment ary ▁Series , ▁created ▁under ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁William ▁Fox well ▁Al br ight ▁( 1 8 9 1 – 1 9 7 1 ), ▁compr ises ▁a ▁translation ▁and ▁ex eg esis ▁of ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible , ▁the ▁New ▁Testament ▁and ▁the ▁Inter test amental ▁Books ▁( the ▁Catholic ▁and ▁Eastern ▁Orth odox ▁De uter oc anon / the ▁Protest ant ▁Ap oc ry pha ; ▁not ▁the ▁books ▁called ▁by ▁C athol ics ▁and ▁Orth odox ▁" Ap oc ry pha ", ▁which ▁are ▁widely ▁called ▁by ▁Protest ants ▁" P se ude p ig raph a "). ▁For ▁each ▁bib lic al ▁book , ▁the ▁series ▁includes ▁an ▁original ▁translation ▁( with ▁annotations