(07-19-2014, 02:44 AM)l_cloud Wrote: Is there any part of the Tanach we are forbidden to read, without any special reasons or needs?
The majority opinion about this is cited by Rabbi Moshe Weiner in The Divine Code, Part I, Chapter 5 ("Torah Study for Gentiles"), topic 3 (in bold text):
"Gentiles are permitted to read the entire 24 books of the Hebrew Bible [Tanach], even with explanations of the simple meaning (peshat) - e.g., by Rashi - in order to correctly understand the verses."
In order to be sure that the translation in the Tanach he is using is reliable, the Gentile should use a Tanach translation that is published by a reliable, expert, Orthodox Jewish publishing company. (Note that the entire Tanach with the explanations by Rashi is on-line in English on Chabad.org.)