Rabbinic literatureEdit

The religious literature of the Judaism offers a guide to adherents behavior, social norms, values etc.

Judaism has at all times valued Torah study, as well as other religious texts. The following is a basic, structured list of the central works of Jewish practice and thought. For more detail, see Rabbinic literature.

• Tanakh^[1] (Hebrew Bible) and commentaries
  • Mesorah
  • Targum
  • Jewish Biblical exegesis (also see Midrash below)
• Works of the Talmudic Era (classic rabbinic literature)
  • Mishnah and commentaries
  • Tosefta and the minor tractates
  • Talmud:
    • The Babylonian Talmud and commentaries
    • Jerusalem Talmud and commentaries
• Midrashic literature:
  • Halakhic Midrash
  • Aggadic Midrash
• Halakhic literature
  • Major Codes of Jewish Law and Custom
    • Mishneh Torah and commentaries
    • Tur and commentaries
    • Shulchan Aruch and commentaries
  • Responsa literature
• Jewish Thought and Ethics
  • Jewish philosophy
  • Kabbalah
  • Hasidic works
  • Jewish ethics and the Mussar Movement
• Siddur and Jewish liturgy
• Piyyut (Classical Jewish poetry)

See alsoEdit

• Jews