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.
Civil and Domestic Life
A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
If, along the road, you chance upon a bird…
A Legal Complaint
May my lord, the governor/commander, listen to the word of his servant! As for your servant, your servant was harvesting in Hatsar-asam. And your servant harvested and finished/measured and stored it…
The Vision of the Dry Bones
The hand of the Lord came upon me. He took me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the valley. It was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many of them spread over…
Ruling on the Kosher Lamp
I was asked by a resident in London concerning a portable electric lamp called “Kosher Lamp” which has a separate upper part which is made to direct the light or to cover it up altogether by twisting…
The Dialogues between Job and his Friends. The Second Cycle
Zophar the Naamathite said in reply: [ . . . ]
Do you not know this, that from time immemorial,
Since man was set on earth,
The joy of the wicked has been brief,
The happiness of the…
Messages between the Opponents of the Jews and Nehemiah
When word reached Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a breach remained in it—though at that time I had not yet set up doors in the…
Aid for Two Benefactors
To my lords Jedaniah, Uriah and the priests of YHW the God, Mattan son of Jashobiah and Berechiah son of, . . . from your servant Mauziah.
May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of my lords…
A Shipment of Wine
In the tenth year, to Shemaryaw, from Beerayim:
a jar of aged wine.
Gara (son of) Elisha 2.
Uzza (son of) Ka[?]besh (?) 1.
Eliba (son of) N[ . . . ] 1.
Baala (son of) Elisha 1.
Yadayaw 1.
Stela of Merneptah
The (foreign) chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.” Not one lifts his head among the Nine Bows.
Libya is captured, while Hatti is pacified.
Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer…
