Judaism

Judaism is the religious culture of the Jewish people. It is one of the first recorded monotheistic faiths and one of the oldest religious traditions still practiced today. The tenets and history of Judaism are the major part of the foundation of other Abrahamic religions, including Christianity and Islam.

The traditional Jewish bookshelf

Jews are often called the "People of the Book," and Judaism has an age-old intellectual tradition focusing on text-based Torah study. The following is a basic, structured list of the central works of Jewish practice and thought. For more detail, see Rabbinic literature.

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Torah study - Rabbinic literature

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• The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and Jewish bible study, which include:
• Mesorah
• Targum
• Jewish Biblical exegesis (also see Midrash below)
• Works of the Talmudic Era (classic rabbinic literature)
• The Mishnah and its commentaries.
• The Tosefta and the minor tractates.
• The Talmud:
• The Jerusalem Talmud and its commentaries.
• The Babylonian Talmud and its commentaries.
• Midrashic Literature:
• Halakhic Midrash
• Aggadic Midrash
• Halakhic literature
• The Major Codes of Jewish Law and Custom
• The Mishneh Torah and its commentaries.
• The Tur and its commentaries.
• The Shulhan Arukh and its commentaries.
• Other books on Jewish Law and Custom
• The Responsa literature
• Jewish Thought and Ethics
• Jewish philosophy
• Kabbalah
• Hasidic works
• Jewish ethics and the Mussar Movement
• The Siddur and Jewish liturgy
• Piyyut (Classical Jewish poetry)

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• Torah databases (electronic versions of the Traditional Jewish Bookshelf)
• List of Jewish Prayers and Blessings