Jewish and Rabbinic
Rabbinic Traditions
Primary Sources
Mishnah, Tosephta, & both Talmuds in English & Hebrew. Searching requires membership though all texts can be read for free.
Tanach, Mishnah, Tosephta,Talmud etc...
First major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". Text according to Maimonides' manuscript.
Mishna manuscript JTS MS R1622.1
The website devoted to Mishna manuscript JTS MS R1622.1, written during the 12th century in Italy and currently housed in the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York).
Mishnah at Jerusalem's Hebrew University
First major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah"
David Kaufmann and his collection
Kaufmann Mishnah as high resolution scans
One of the most complete Mishnah manuscripts. Images with transscription.
Kaufmann Mishnah as high resolution scans
Tosefta
Compilation of the Jewish oral law from the period of the Mishnah
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Babylonian Talmud English Soncino Translation
Downloadable PDFs
Bab. Talmud & Mishnah from separate manuscripts (Free Registration)
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Talmud Yerushalmi translation [little yet]
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Primary Witnesses
Jewish Sources - Vaiqra Rabbah
Hebrew manuscripts in parallel
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View the text from various manuscripts for
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Online Treasury of Hebrew Manuscripts
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Miscellaneous
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Aids
Talmud page layout Interactive Guide
with introductions to the main commentaries etc
Hellenistic Judaism
Josephus
Project on Ancient Cultural Engagement
PACE project on Josephus' Wars -- prof. Steve Mason
Philo
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Translations
Soncino Babylonian Talmud in English
Full text with footnotes, but only 16 tractates.
Rodkinson's Babylonian Talmud in English
Full text but only 22 tractates (+ 3 supplementary tractates).
These were considered by him to be 'defamatory to the Rabbis'. He thought were inserted by Jewish-Christians
Talmud Manuscripts Project - (Jewish National and University Library)
- facsimiles of 78 MSS of Babylonian Talmud & Mishnah from 11 libraries
Wikisource Mishnah - (the free library anyone can edit)
An online commuunity project to make a public domain translation with hebrew text. Unfinished. Good explanations in footnotes.
Commentary
on the OT
Ralbag's commentary on the Torah
French born Levi ben Gershon (1288–1344), whose Torah commentary is to be found here.
Rashi's Commentary on the whole OT
Rashi in English and Hebrew[Rashi has disappeared but hopefully it will come back]
Rashi Commentary in English - Tehillim - Chapter 90 - Psalms - Torah - Bible
Commentary
on the Talmud
eDaf Talmud pages and audio explanation
facsimiles of the traditional pages linked to audio translation & explanation
Judaism and the NT
Traditions of the Rabbis in the Era of the New Testament (T-R-E-N-T)
- earliest traditions dated and explained, esp for NT relevance
Into His Own - Perspective on the World of Jesus
Citations from background texts, organised by subject.
Ancient Jewish Accounts of Jesus
Josephus, Celcus, Tertullian, Talmud, Toledoth Yeshu - full texts with introductions..
Full text of Christianity in Talmud and Midrash by R. Travers Herford and Jesus Christ in the Talmud, Midrash, and the Zohar by Gustav Dalman
Targum
Primary Sources
Onqelos, Pseudo-Jonathan, Neofiti, Fragmentary, & other non-Torah Targums.
Translations
Onkelos, Pseudo-Jonathan, Fragmentary trans. by Etheridge. Torah plus a few more.
Other
Anthology & Tales
Legends of the Jews by by Louis Ginzberg
- a readable account conflating all Jewish aggadic literature (footnotes are missing)
Tales And Maxims From The Midrash by Rev. Samuel Rapaport
- large collection of selections from a wide range of Midrashim
Mysticism
Mysticism during the Talmudic Era: Sources
The basic sources
Archaeology
Philip A. Harland Associations, Synagogues, photos of Asian cities
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Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine
texts of published inscriptions
Archaeology of Jerusalem and the Temple
Ritmeyer is an archaeologist and a graphic designer. His pictures are superb.
Maps
Primary sources and archaeology for ancient synagogues
Encyclopedias
For ancient Judaism this is than the modern Encyclopaedia Judaica. Full text and searchable
illustrated encyclopaedias of places, people, plants etc plus
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an online encyclopaedia incl.
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Introductions
from Biblical to modern times. By a Christian, but very good.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature.
Hebrew alphabet & links to teach-yourself
also has intros to almost every other written text form. Amazing!
an Othodox site with very useful tools & texts plus guide to
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Ancient Kettubot - Marriage certificates
- 1200 MSS covering 900 years, searchable. Pictures of the originals are often very beautiful
Early Hebrew Printing by Michael Davidson
- links to manuscripts and editions of Rabbinic texts
Digitized Book Repository Jewish National and University Library
- rare and out-of-print books, mainly in Hebrew
Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web
- links to significant collections of Judaica around the world
- links and documents covering the whole history of the Jews
Online Texts and Documents Related to Jewish History
- covers ancient to modern, concentrating on actual texts
Genizah
Geniza photos & text
Taylor-Schechter Genizah Introduction
Taylor-Schechter collection of the Cairo Genizah documents. Very early Jewish papyri. View the texts
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Qumran
Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
Digitised library of the Dead Sea Scrolls (high-quality images made using spectral imaging)
Library of Congress Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
The texts in translation, with pictures and introduction. Also archaeological finds.
Dead Sea Scroll photos and links
Orion Center in Israel. Photos
Index to DJD and an exhaustive
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Bibliography from 1995.
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Photographs, variants, discussion, and translation of the Qumran Isaiah Scroll.
Miscellaneous
An online scholarly archive of all of Rabbi Dr Louis Jacobs' writings
During his lifetime Rabbi Dr Jacobs published over 500 books, articles and book reviews. The site has been created to enable scholars and researchers to access his works quickly and easily.
Learn Hebrew Prayers: Tutorial- The Vowels
simple rules on how to pronounce Hebrew vowels