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Jewish
Sacred Literature
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If we pare it down to the most famous and culturally central Jewish sacred / rabbinic works beyond the KJV books, this is the core shelf most people would recognize.
Babylonian Talmud
(Bavli)
Jerusalem Talmud
(Yerushalmi)
Midrash Rabbah
Mishnah
Mishneh Torah
Pirkei Avot
(Ethics of the Fathers)
Sefer Yetzirah
Shulchan Aruch
Siddur
Targum Onkelos
Tosefta
Zohar
This is probably the best concise “great books” list:
Mishnah + Talmud = the heart of Rabbinic Judaism
Midrash = interpretive / narrative expansion of Scripture
Mishneh Torah + Shulchan Aruch = the two most famous legal codifications
Zohar + Sefer Yetzirah = the most famous mystical texts
Siddur = the living prayer book used in worship
Pirkei Avot = the most widely quoted ethical tractate
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