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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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Tanakh (English Translation)
The text of the 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation.

Talmud

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.

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 Book of Concealed Mystery
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?

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 60,529 bytes

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 Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides, M. Freidländer, tr. (2nd Ed.) [1904]. 1,566,919 bytes
There is a saying that the history of Jewish doctrine goes runs from 'Moses to Moses'; the second of which is Moses Maimonides. Maimonides (1120-1190) was a brilliant Hispanic Jewish scholar who lived in Spain and Egypt in the 12th century. His Mishneh Toreh, a codification of Jewish law, is considered on a par with the Talmud. This work attempts to reconcile Biblical and Talmundic beliefs with Aristotelian philosophy. This file needs some additional proofing and production work, which will occur in the near future.

Modern

Haggada For Pesach According To Chabad-Lubavitch Custom 66,858 bytes
Reform Judaism - 1885 Pittsburgh Conference 4,588 bytes
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 11,054 bytes
Maimonides: Ani Maamin - I believe... 34,307 bytes
Solomon Schechter - Studies in Judaism - The Dogmas of Judaism 64,107 bytes
The Thirteen Wants by Mordecai M. Kaplan 2,127 bytes
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.

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