Judaism: Sacred Texts

The Rule of the Association (1QS; Serek ha-Yahad) is the primary description of the sectarian community described in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was o...

A groundbreaking new account of the writing of the Hebrew BibleWho wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as t...

This volume collects several articles by scholar Uri Zur on various areas in the field of Jewish studies. Topics discussed include different types ...

The Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaismall of rabbinic law, from ancient to modern times, is based on the Talmud, and the Talm...

The translation of the Bible into the vernacular is a venerable Jewish tradition, more than two thousand years old. Ashkenazi Jewish culture was a ...