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Judaism
Talmud, Kabbalah & the Tanakh
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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.
Talmud and Mishna
The Babylonian TalmudM.L. Rodkinson, 1918 — A massive ten volume abridgement of the Talmud, the Jewish compendium of law and traditionEighteen Treatises from the MishnaD. A. Sola, 1843 — One of the first English translations of a substantial portion of the Mishna, the treasure-house of Jewish law and tradition.The Wisdom of the TalmudBen Zion Bokser, 1951 — A great introduction to the Talmud for contemporary readers.The TalmudJoseph Barclay, 1878 — Seventeen representative tracts from the Talmud.The Talmud: SelectionsH. Polano, 1876 — A Talmud miscellany.The Babylonian Talmud in SelectionLeo Auerbach, 1944 — An original mid-20th century translation of selections from the Talmud.Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirqe Aboth)Charles Taylor, 1897 — A beautiful extract from the Talmud, which has been used as liturgy.Hebraic LiteratureMaurice Harris, 1901 — Extracts from the Talmud, Midrash and Kabbalah.The Wisdom of IsraelEdwin Collins, 1910 — A short look at Jewish wisdom literature from the Talmud and Midrash.Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and ToseftaHerbert Danby, 1919 — A key portion of the Mishna dealing with crime and punishment.Tractate BerakothA. Lukyn Williams, 1921 — The Mishna about prayer.
Haggada
Kabbalah
The Kabbalah UnveiledS.L. MacGregor Mathers, 1912 — An extensive introduction to the Kabbalah. Includes translations of three texts from branch of the Kabbalah known as the Zohar: The Book of Concealed Mystery, The Greater Holy Assembly, and The Lesser Holy Assembly.Sepher YezirahIsidor Kalisch, 1877 — Includes English translation and pointed Hebrew for this key text of the Kabbalah.Kabbalah - Sepher YetzirahW.W. Westcot, 1887The Zohar: Bereshith to Lekh LekhaNurho de Manhar, 1900-14 — The Zohar is a Kabbalistic commentary on the Hebrew Bible.Jewish MysticismJ. Abelson, 1913 — The Kabbalah in the context of the history of Jewish Mysticism.The Kabbalah, or the Religious Philosophy of the HebrewsAdolphe Franck, 1926 — Did the Kabbalah originate from Zoroastrianism?The CabalaBernhard Pick, 1913 — A short critical introduction to the Kabbalah.
Midrash
Haggadah
Prayer Books (Siddur)
Other texts from late Antiquity and Middle Ages
The Works of Flavius JosephusJosephus, 1737 — Josephus was a Jewish historian, soldier and scholarThe Kitab al KhazariJudah Hallevi, 1905 — A classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy, set in a legendary (but historical) central Asian kingdom.The Guide for the PerplexedMoses Maimonides, 1904 — Maimonides' masterful summation of theology, natural philosophy and divine law.Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn GabirolSolomon ibn Gabirol, 1923 — A key medieval Jewish Spanish poet and philosopher's devotional poetry, some of which was adopted into liturgy.The Fountain of LifeSolomon ibn Gabirol, 1962 — An extract from the Jewish writer Solomon ibn Gabirol's philosophical treatise on the First CauseOriginal Hebrew of a Portion of EcclesiasticusA.E. Cowley, 1897 — Includes the Alphabet of Ben Sira.
Modern
The Duties of the HeartRabbi Bachye, 1909 — A 12th Century Spanish Rabbi's systematic treatment of Ethics as a universal.Ancient Jewish ProverbsAbraham Cohen, 1911 — A treasury of Jewish proverbs from the Mishna and Talmud.Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk ReligionJoshua Trachtenberg, 1939 — A comprehensive study of medieval Jewish folk magic, a primary source of modern ceremonial magic.A Rabbi's Impressions of the Oberammergau Passion PlayJoseph Krauskopf, 1901 — A Rabbi examines the tangled narrative of the Crucifixion, and the roots of anti-Semitism in the early Church.Folk-lore of the Holy Land; Moslem, Christian and JewishJ. E. Hanauer, 1907 — Moslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.Jewish Fairy Tales and LegendsAunt Naomi, 1919 — A well-told collection of Midrash and Talmudic lore for children.The Great MarchRose G. Lurie, 1931 — A wonderful children's book of post-biblical Jewish storiesThe Golden MountainMeyer Levin, 1932 — Magical realist Hassidic tales, lovingly retold by a master storyteller.Reform Judaism - 1885 Pittsburgh ConferenceArticles of Faith from the Jewish EncyclopediaThe Columbus Platform: The Guiding Principles Of Reform Judaism [1937]Reform Judaism - A Centenary PerspectiveSolomon Schechter - Studies in Judaism - The Dogmas of JudaismThe Thirteen Wants by Mordecai M. Kaplan
Links
Jewish Virtual Library [External Site]