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.
Factional Infighting in Jerusalem
So Titus made his way as described across the desert from north Egypt to Syria and arrived at Caesarea, where he intended to marshal his forces in…
Background to the Riots in Alexandria
His [Flaccus’] insanity, which was due to instruction from others rather than to his own nature, was further aggravated by the following incident. The emperor Gaius [Caligula] gave Agrippa, the…
Burning of the Synagogue at Callinicum
Ambrose, bishop, to the most charitable prince and blessed emperor, Theodosius the Augustus. [ . . . ]
A report was made by the military count of the East that a synagogue had been burned and that…
When the Zoroastrian Priests Came to Jewish Babylonia
Rabbah bar Bar Ḥanah was sick. R. Judah and the rabbis entered to ask him [questions]. [ . . . ] At that moment, a Zoroastrian priest came and took the lamp from before them. [Rabbah bar Bar Ḥanah]…
Alexander in Daniel’s Vision
And the rough he-goat is the king of Greece; and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. . . . And a mighty king shall stand up. . . . And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall…
Burying the Slain of Beitar
R. Huna said: From the time when the slain from Beitar were allowed to be buried, the [blessing] “The One who is good and does good” was established. “Good”: that [the slain were not allowed to] decay…
Pharisees on Fate and the Afterlife
Now, as for the Pharisees, they live simply and forgo luxurious foods, and they follow conduct directed by doctrine and do what their doctrine prescribes as good for them, and they believe they should…
The Temple Scroll
[And on the four]teenth day of the first month, [at twilight,] they [will celebrate] [the Passover of yhwh] and they will perform sacrifice; prior to the evening offering, they will…
Eating with Defiled Hands
Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them…
Warning against Imposed Regulations
Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to…
The Zealots Install a New High Priest
In the end the people were reduced to such a state of abject fear, and the terrorists proceeded to such manic extremes, that they were actually able to take into their own hands the election of high…
Hasmoneans Send Emissaries to Rome
So Judah chose Eupolemus son of John son of Accos, and Jason son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome to establish friendship and alliance, and to free themselves from the yoke; for they…