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Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)
The Tanakh is the Hebrew Bible, the quintessential sacred text. The first five books of this comprise the Torah (or Pentateuch), the core sacred writings of the ancient Jews, traditionally written by Moses under divine inspiration.
Tanakh (Hebrew Bible).
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Talmud and Mishna
The Babylonian Talmud
Translated by M.L. Rodkinson [1918]
This massive ten volume abridgement of the Talmud, the Jewish
compendium of law and tradition, is the only extensive public domain
translation.
It is presented for the first time anywhere on the Internet at
sacred-texts.com.
The Talmud: Selections
by H. Polano [1876]
One of the first anthologies of Talmudic lore, and still one of the best.
Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirqe Aboth)
Translated by Charles Taylor [1897]This is a beautiful extract from the Talmud, which has been used as liturgy. Devoted to ethics with some mystical touches, the Pirqe Aboth is distinguished for its transparency and simplicity. This was one of the first English translations in modern times of any portion of the Talmud.
Hebraic Literature
Edited by Maurice Harris [1901]Extracts from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah.
Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta
by Herbert Danby [1919]A key portion of the Mishna dealing with crime and punishment
Tractate Berakoth
by A. Lukyn Williams [1921]The Mishna about prayer.
Haggada
Legends of the Jews
by Louis Ginzberg [1909].
This is a huge collection of traditional stories
which have grown up around the Bible narrative.
The Legends of the Jews from Creation to Jacob
The Legends of the Jews: Moses in the Wilderness
Kabbalah
The Kabbalah Unveiled
S.L. MacGregor Mathers, Translator. [1912]
This has an extensive introduction to the Kabbalah,
and translations of three texts from branch of the Kabbalah
known as the Zohar:
The Greater Holy Assembly
The Lesser Holy Assembly
Sepher Yezirah
translated by Isidor Kalisch [1877]
Includes English translation and pointed Hebrew for this
key text of the Kabbalah.
Kabbalah - Sepher Yetzirah
W.W. Westcot tr. [1887] 26,374 bytes
The Zohar: Bereshith to Lekh Lekha
by Nurho de Manhar (pseud.) [1900-14]The Zohar is a Kabbalistic commentary on the Hebrew Bible. This is the only extensive English translation of a portion of the Zohar currently in the public domain. Covers Adam to Abraham.
Jewish Mysticism
by J. Abelson [1913]The Kabbalah in the context of the history of Jewish Mysticism.
The Kabbalah, or the Religious Philosophy of the Hebrews
by Adolphe Franck [1926]Did the Kabbalah originate from Zoroastrianism?
The Cabala
by Bernhard Pick [1913]
A short critical introduction to the Kabbalah.
Midrash
Tales and Maxims from the Midrash
by Samuel Rapaport [1907]
This is the (unattributed) source for the next two
entries' Midrash extracts.
This book has the references for each of the passages quoted lacking in
the texts below, which
makes it the best source if you wish to quote some of this material.
The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Vol. IV: Medieval Hebrew
[1917]
This etext includes some sizeable extracts from the Midrash,
medieval collections of Jewish Biblical lore and legend.
Midrash Tanhuma
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Other texts from late Antiquity and Middle Ages
The Works of Flavius Josephus
Translated by William Whiston [1737]
Josephus was a Jewish historian, soldier and scholar who lived
in the first century [37-100 C.E.]. His works are primary
historical sources of information about the doomed Jewish revolt of
66-9 C.E.
The Kitab al Khazari
of Judah Hallevi, translated by Hartwig Hirschfeld [1905]
A classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy.
The Guide for the Perplexed
by Moses Maimonides, M. Freidländer, tr. (2nd Ed.) [1904].
Maimonides' masterful summation of theology, natural philosophy and divine law.
Original Hebrew of a Portion of Ecclesiasticus
by A.E. Cowley and A. Neubauer [1897]
Includes the Alphabet of Ben Sira.
Modern
Haggada For Pesach According To Chabad-Lubavitch Custom
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Reform Judaism - 1885 Pittsburgh Conference
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Articles of Faith from the Jewish Encyclopedia
29,628 bytes
The Columbus Platform: The Guiding Principles Of Reform Judaism [1937]
8,706 bytes
Reform Judaism - A Centenary Perspective
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Maimonides: Ani Maamin - I believe...
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Solomon Schechter - Studies in Judaism - The Dogmas of Judaism
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The Thirteen Wants by Mordecai M. Kaplan
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Folk-lore of the Holy Land
by J. E. Hanauer [1909]
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends
by "Aunt Naomi" (Gertrude Landa) [1919]
A well-told collection of Midrash and Talmudic lore for children.
The Great March
by Rose G. Lurie [1931, copyight not renewed]
A wonderful children's book of post-biblical Jewish stories,
with great illustrations, that adults can learn a thing or two from.
Links
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