Sample Sources
The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
Paul’s Recognition of Jesus as Son of God and Messiah
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who…
Paul as Prophesied by Isaiah
Why then does your god, like the apostle, still rest his case upon the same document? What has he, here and everywhere, to do with the statements of the prophets? For who has known the mind of the…
Herod’s Conflict with the Sanhedrin and His Revenge
When Hyrcanus heard this, he complied with them. The mothers of those who had been slain by Herod further raised his indignation, for those women continued appealing to the king and the people every…
Inscriptions by Ḥimyarite High Officials
Qayl (Prince) Sharaḥ’īl Yaqbul, son of Shuraḥb’īl Yakmul of the lineage of Yaz’an and Jadanum, Ḥabbum, Nas’ān, and Ghaba’, have described in this inscription what they accomplished in…
The Samaritan Pentateuch
But unto the place which Shehmaa your Eloowwem has chosen from all your tribes, to put His name there for his dwelling, you shall seek, and there you all shall come.
Incomplete and Separate Scrolls
The people of the Galilee sent [a question] to R. Ḥelbo: What is [the halakhah with regard] to reading from ḥumashim, [i.e., scrolls containing only one of the five books of the Torah,] in the…
The Service of the High Priest on Yom Kippur
The leader of his brothers and the pride of his people
was the high priest, Simeon son of Onias,
who in his life repaired the house,
and in his time fortified the temple. [ . . . ]
How…
Regulations on Whom the High Priest May Marry
A high priest shall not marry a widow, whether she became a widow after a betrothal or after a marriage. He shall not marry one who has reached puberty. [ . . . ] [A priest who] betrothed a widow and…
Prohibition on Building a Synagogue as a Model of the Temple
As it is taught [in a baraita]: A person [may] not construct a house [in the exact] form of the Sanctuary, [nor] a portico in [the exact] form of the Entrance Hall [of the Sanctuary, nor] a courtyard…
Qumran Lament for Jerusalem
[ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ] [ . . . ] . . . all our sins. And it is not in the power of our hands, because [we] have not listened [. . . at the time of] the visitation, so that…
Prayer of Confession
When Israel was taken into exile to a foreign country,
when they neglected the Lord, who had redeemed them,
they were expelled from the inheritance
which the Lord had given them.
The dispersion of…
A Poetic Prayer Memorializing the Sabbath Sacrifice
You instituted the Sabbath, You favored its offerings,
You commanded its specific laws
along with the order of its libations.
Those who delight in it inherit eternal glory,
those who relish it merit…