Texts of Judaism

by Louis Ginzberg · 1909

A huge collection of traditional stories which have grown up around the Bible narrative.

by S.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.

by Isidor Kalisch · 1877

Includes English translation and pointed Hebrew for this key text of the Kabbalah.

by W.W. Westcot · 1887

by Nurho de Manhar · 1900-14

The Zohar is a Kabbalistic commentary on the Hebrew Bible.

by J. Abelson · 1913

The Kabbalah in the context of the history of Jewish Mysticism.

by Adolphe Franck · 1926

Did the Kabbalah originate from Zoroastrianism?

by Bernhard Pick · 1913

A short critical introduction to the Kabbalah.

by Samuel Rapaport · 1907

A popular Midrash compilation.

1917

Some sizeable extracts from the Midrash, medieval collections of Jewish Biblical lore and legend.

by The Central Conference of American Rabbis & Isidore Lipton · 1923

A guide to the celebration of Passover.

by Simeon Singer · 1915

Complete English translation of a Jewish Prayer Book, or Siddur, including prayers, holidays, ceremonies, and important texts.

by Josephus & William Whiston · 1737

Josephus was a Jewish historian, soldier and scholar

by Judah Hallevi & Hartwig Hirschfeld · 1905

A classic of Medieval Jewish philosophy, set in a legendary (but historical) central Asian kingdom.

by Moses Maimonides & M. Freidländer · 1904

Maimonides' masterful summation of theology, natural philosophy and divine law.

by Solomon ibn Gabirol & Israel Zangwill · 1923

A key medieval Jewish Spanish poet and philosopher's devotional poetry, some of which was adopted into liturgy.

by Solomon ibn Gabirol & Harry E. Wedeck · 1962

An extract from the Jewish writer Solomon ibn Gabirol's philosophical treatise on the First Cause

by A.E. Cowley & A. Neubauer · 1897

Includes the Alphabet of Ben Sira.

by Rabbi Bachye & Edwin Collins · 1909

A 12th Century Spanish Rabbi's systematic treatment of Ethics as a universal.

by Abraham Cohen · 1911

A treasury of Jewish proverbs from the Mishna and Talmud.

by Joshua Trachtenberg · 1939

A comprehensive study of medieval Jewish folk magic, a primary source of modern ceremonial magic.

by Joseph Krauskopf · 1901

A Rabbi examines the tangled narrative of the Crucifixion, and the roots of anti-Semitism in the early Church.

by J. E. Hanauer · 1907

Moslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.

by Aunt Naomi & Gertrude Landa · 1919

A well-told collection of Midrash and Talmudic lore for children.

by Rose G. Lurie · 1931

A wonderful children's book of post-biblical Jewish stories

by Meyer Levin · 1932

Magical realist Hassidic tales, lovingly retold by a master storyteller.