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Note: Some texts are buried
deep in e-archives. If title link does not work, click source.
Hebrew Bible
Brief survey from the Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs illustrated encyclopedia highlights the primary
historical periods in the formation of Israel from the Hebrew patriarchs (17th
c. BCE) to the Babylonian exile (586 BCE).
Jacob Richman's interactive site
includes more than 3,000 trivia questions to test one's knowledge of details
of the literal text of the five books of Torah. Simple enough for children
but challenging even for adults.
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On-line texts, translations & commentary on Jewish scriptures are listed on the
biblical
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Judean Commonwealth
Eliezer Segal's award-winning on-line course
materials provide detailed discussion notes (with tables, texts &
illustrations) on E. P. Sanders' JUDAISM: Practice & Belief 63 BCE- 66
CE & additional material on festivals,
prayer,
the Shema
& rabbinic accounts of Sadducean
halakhah.
Page from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign
Affairs' illustrated Jewish history surveys the period from the Persian
liberation of Babylonian Jews (538 BCE) to the collapse of the great rebellion
against Rome (73 CE).
Donald D. Binder's hypertext version of his
1997 dissertation
is supplemented with a lavish image
gallery & a literary
archive of references to synagogues in
Roman Palestine, along with a massive library
of NT resources & a discussion
board for on-line debate about research
on the development of the Jewish synagogue.
Peter Kirby posts William Whiston's
translations of the writings of the 1st c. Jewish priest turned apologist
& historian, including
Antiquities, the
Jewish War,
Life &
Against Apion
(Early Jewish Writings).
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Tannaitic Period
Talmud
Full text of Michael Rodkinson's early
20th c. 10 volume set includes his history
of the Talmud & translations of tractates Shabbath,
Erubin,
Shekalim,
Rosh
Hashana, Pesachim,
Yomah,
Hagiga,
Succah,
Taanith,
Moed Katan,
Megilla,
Semahoth,
Aboth,
Baba Kama,
Baba Metzia,
Baba Bathra,
Sanhedrin,
Maccoth,
Shebuoth,
Abuda Zara,
etc. (posted by Internet
Sacred Texts Archive).
Eliezer Segal's award-winning on-line course
outlines basic concepts, chronology
& conducts a hyper-text tour of the levels of scholarly commentary on a
page of Talmud.
C. Benton's upbeat talmudic sampler illustrates
18 points of rabbinic wisdom with a modern midwestern flare.
Text of Babylonian Talmud tractate Shabbath
(posted by Internet Sacred
Texts Archive).
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Jewish Diaspora
Israeli center focused on Iraqi
Jewry posts issues of a journal Nehardea
& audio files of
traditional Babylonian Torah portions, haftoroth, & songs of praise.
Israel's Nahum Goldman Museum of the
Jewish Diaspora introduces exhibits
on the life of Jews around the globe, with virtual
exhibits on Judaism in Hungary, Romania & Arab lands.
Detailed guide
to the history of the Jewish Diaspora with special focus on Judaism
in Russia.
The Jewish Virtual
Library's topical index of resources on the
history of African Jewry & recent campaigns to rescue them & integrate
them into the social fabric of modern Israel.
World Jewish
Congress provides a virtual sourcebook of basic historical data about Jews in
different cultures, searchable by region. country or alpha listing.
Jona Lendering reviews
& critiques references to diaspora Jews in classic authors (posted
by Livius).
American Center of Khazar Studies
offers resources for Jewish history in Russia & the Ukraine.
Rufina Bausenbaum's
elegant well-organized forum for Jews with an Iberian heritage offers
information on their history
& heroes.
International
Sephardic Leadership Council provides chronology & biographies of
eleven centuries of leading Sephardic rabbis from Saaida Gaon (10th c.) to the
former president of Israel's supreme rabbinic court.
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This page was revised
02 March 2008
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