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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 3 29 reviews
Stanford University Press, 2005
I continue to marvel
+ Zohar
+ The Blueprint for Elevating your Soul
+ English translation of the Zohar
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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 129 reviews
Stanford University Press, 2003
I continue to marvel
+ Zohar
+ The Blueprint for Elevating your Soul
+ English translation of the Zohar
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Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment (Classics of Western Spirituality)3 reviews
Daniel Chanan Matt
Paulist Press, 1983
Excellent translation
+ A Mystical Rhapsody, Well Annotated
+ A Poetic Translation of the Zohar
Daniel Matt prepared this very elegant translation of the Zohar. It is only about 2% of the complete Zohar, but it provides an excellent selection of various themes in the Zohar. He prepared a commentary on each selection to assist the novice reader in decoding the language and the allusions in ...
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The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition11 reviews
of Alexandria Philo
Hendrickson Publishers, 1993
Dated but useful collection of Philo
+ Wisdom
+ Go to the source
+ A very readable translation that is easily affordable
+ Great window on First-Century life in Judea.
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The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary 22 reviews
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Very Helpful Commentary
+ Let the reader dive in!
+ A Beautiful Edition
I've been using this text as part of a Bible Study I conduct. The commentary is primarily a translator's. What I mean by that is that it's not mainly a theological commentary, but one which seeks to understand the Hebrew text and explain how the translator sees the text. I like that insofar as what ...
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The Bahir: Illumination14 reviews
Aryeh Kaplan
Red Wheel / Weiser, 1980
The Light of the Torah
+ A Concise Breakdown of Kabbalistic Translation From Hebrew
+ The need for a return to our mystical roots.
+ Required reading for anyone interested in Kabbalah or Judaism
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English22 reviews
Martin G. Abegg, Peter Flint, ...
HarperOne, 2002
Amazing
+ Helpful but Flawed
+ Fantastic
+ I m really love this version very impressive
+ An ancient book, still a joy to read
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The Legends Of The Jews - Vol. 2: Bible Times And Characters From Joseph To The Exodus (The Legends of the ...
Louis Ginzberg
Providence University, 2007
To this day Legends of the Jews remains a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic coexist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs. Legends is the ...
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The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature and Testaments 12 reviews
James H. Charlesworth
Doubleday & Company, 1983
Be prepared to spend much study time on this book
+ Accessable non-canonical works a real Treasure
+ Extremely Satisfied
+ Cool
+ Essential Reading for Scholars
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (Penguin Classics)18 reviews
Penguin Classics, 2004
Excellent Way to Find Out About Jewish Culture/Practices of That Time
+ Israel tour director view
+ Translation by Vermes
I do not usually write reviews, but going through this book answered a lot of questions for me and I thought it might be helpful for other strictly lay people like me to know how much I have liked reading through different sections of it.
Though I had a complete, rather progressive, Jewish ...
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Interlinear NIV Hebrew-English Old Testament, The20 reviews
John R. Kohlenberger III
Zondervan, 1993
A Wonderful Treasure To Keep
+ Handy for a quick reference
+ On the shelves next to my desktop
+ Very good tool
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English3 reviews
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1996
Very well written!!
+ Not Just Plain Jane
"The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated" by Florentino Garcia Martinez is the best version of translated Scroll material that I have come across, and there are "others." What makes this translation excellent is the unbiased, scholarly critique. Martinez does a superb job here! There is no "religious" ...
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Sources of the Pentateuch
Antony, F Campbell, Mark, A O'Brien
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2000
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Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages28 reviews
Abraham Cohen
Schocken, 1995
excellent introduction to Talmud!
+ Very interesting... but difficult to read
+ Insightful, fun and revealing!
+ meet the rabbis
+ An enlightening book for all religious faiths
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The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 229 reviews
Stanford University Press, 2003
I continue to marvel
+ Zohar
+ The Blueprint for Elevating your Soul
+ English translation of the Zohar
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The Legends Of The Jews - Vol. 1: Bible Times And Characters From The Creation To Jacob (The Legends of the ...
Louis Ginzberg
Providence University, 2007
To this day Legends of the Jews remains a most remarkable and comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It is an indispensable reference on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic coexist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs. Legends is the ...
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The Zohar 4: Pritzker Edition, Volume Four (Zohar: The Pritzker Editions)29 reviews
Stanford University Press, 2007
I continue to marvel
+ Zohar
+ The Blueprint for Elevating your Soul
+ English translation of the Zohar
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Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation29 reviews
Weiser Books, 1997
I own two copies...
+ Extremelly useful and detailed
+ Sefer Yetzirah
+ Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation--a review
+ Not for a beginner!
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Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures--The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text50 reviews
JPS
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1985
Wonderful translation
+ Fascinating to read when you have only had a Christian bias up until now
+ Highly recommended...
+ Tanakh - English translation
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The Early Kabbalah (Classics of Western Spirituality)1 review
Paulist Press, 1986
Excellent introduction to the Kabbalah
This is a wonderful introduction to the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. Prof. Joseph Dan is one of the leading Kabbalah scholars alive today. In this book, he presents selections from the "early Kabbalists", those of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, before the publication of ...
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