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.
Ten Questions of Alexander to the Sages of the South
Alexander the Macedonian asked ten questions of the sages of the south. He said to them, “Which is greater, the distance between heaven and earth or between east and west?” [The sages from the south]…
Destruction at Beitar
Because of a rooster and a hen, the king’s mountain was destroyed. There was a practice that when a bride and groom went out [to be married, people] would bring a rooster and a hen before them, as if…
Ifra Hormiz Praises the Power of the Rabbis and the Jewish God
[There was] a certain man who was sentenced to be flogged by Rava’s court because he had relations with a gentile woman. Rava flogged [the man] and he died [as a result. When this] matter was heard…
The Rule of the Community
[ . . . ] All those who submit freely to his truth will convey all their knowledge, their strength, and their property to the Community of God in order to refine their knowledge in the…
Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple and the End Times
As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone…
Justification by Faith
We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is justified not by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ…
Augustus Appoints Archelaus Ethnarch
After Caesar had heard these pleadings, he dismissed the assembly. But a few days later, he appointed Archelaus, not as king but as ethnarch of half the territory that had been subject to Herod…
Jewish War Captives Settle in Alexandria
But I thought that there was an opportune moment concerning matters about which I frequently asked Sosibius of Tarentum and Andreas, the head bodyguards, concerning…
Torah at Qumran
He should not multiply wives to himself (Deuteronomy 17:17). However, David had not read the sealed book of the law which was in the ark, for it had not been opened in Israel…
An Ideal Scribe
He seeks out the wisdom of all the ancients,
and is concerned with prophecies;
he preserves the sayings of the famous
and penetrates the subtleties of parables;
he seeks out the hidden…
Herod’s Renovation of the Temple
Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities includes a detailed account of Herod’s renovation of the Temple in the late first century BCE. See also “Renovation of the Temple” and the jerusalem temple.
The Hasmoneans Claim the High Priesthood
When the people heard these things they said, “How shall we thank Simon and his sons? For he and his brothers and the house of his father have stood firm; they have fought and repulsed Israel’s…