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Rabbinic Midrash 12,020 passages

Aggadat Bereshit84 passages
Avot DeRabbi Natan43 passages
Bamidbar Rabbah438 passages
Bereshit Rabbah1,056 passages
Devarim Rabbah162 passages
Eikhah Rabbah155 passages
Esther Rabbah136 passages
Kohelet Rabbah270 passages
Mekhilta DeRabbi Shimon Ben Yochai360 passages
Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael1,517 passages
Midrash Aggadah90 passages
Midrash Eleh Ezkerah1 passage
Midrash Konen4 passages
Midrash Mishlei137 passages
Midrash Tanchuma738 passages
Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Bereshit30 passages
Midrash Tehillim709 passages
Pesikta de-Rav Kahana309 passages
Pesikta Hadta1 passage
Pesikta Rabbati96 passages
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer508 passages
Ruth Rabbah (Lerner)3 passages
Seder Olam Rabbah14 passages
Seder Olam Zutta11 passages
Sefer HaYashar (midrash)1 passage
Shemot Rabbah470 passages
Shir HaShirim Rabbah261 passages
Sifrei Bamidbar273 passages
Sifrei Devarim1,099 passages
Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah62 passages
Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Zuta17 passages
Vayikra Rabbah329 passages
Yalkut Shimoni74 passages
Yalkut Shimoni on Nach351 passages
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah2,211 passages

Talmudic Aggadah 289 passages

Ein Yaakov, Bava Batra3 passages
Ein Yaakov, Berakhot22 passages
Ein Yaakov, Chagigah1 passage
Ein Yaakov, Makkot1 passage
Ein Yaakov, Rosh Hashanah22 passages
Ein Yaakov, Sanhedrin1 passage
Mishnah Hagigah1 passage
Pirkei Avot6 passages
Talmud Bavli, Avodah Zarah10 passages
Talmud Bavli, Bava15 passages
Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra15 passages
Talmud Bavli, Bava Metzia2 passages
Talmud Bavli, Beitzah1 passage
Talmud Bavli, Berakhot30 passages
Talmud Bavli, Eruvin8 passages
Talmud Bavli, Gittin6 passages
Talmud Bavli, Hagigah25 passages
Talmud Bavli, Hullin3 passages
Talmud Bavli, Ketubot1 passage
Talmud Bavli, Makkot2 passages
Talmud Bavli, Megillah3 passages
Talmud Bavli, Menahot1 passage
Talmud Bavli, Niddah2 passages
Talmud Bavli, Pesahim4 passages
Talmud Bavli, Rosh Hashanah9 passages
Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin36 passages
Talmud Bavli, Shabbat19 passages
Talmud Bavli, Sotah9 passages
Talmud Bavli, Sukkah4 passages
Talmud Bavli, Taanit12 passages
Talmud Bavli, Tamid1 passage
Talmud Bavli, Yevamot1 passage
Talmud Bavli, Yoma5 passages
Talmud Bavli, Zevahim2 passages
Talmud Yerushalmi, Berakhot1 passage
Talmud Yerushalmi, Hagigah2 passages
Talmud Yerushalmi, Kilayim1 passage
Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin1 passage
Talmud Yerushalmi, Shabbat1 passage

Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha 1,654 passages

1 Enoch5 passages
2 Baruch13 passages
2 Enoch28 passages
3 Enoch7 passages
4 Ezra11 passages
4QInstruction (Musar LeMevin)1 passage
Additions to Daniel6 passages
Alphabet of Ben Sira46 passages
Apocalypse of Abraham32 passages
Apocrypha4 passages
Aramaic Levi Document (4Q213-214)1 passage
Ben Sira151 passages
Book of Giants (4Q530-532)2 passages
Book of Jasher92 passages
Book of Jubilees471 passages
Book of Judith107 passages
Book of Tobit49 passages
Chronicles of Jerahmeel (Gaster, 1899)85 passages
Community Rule (1QS)2 passages
Copper Scroll (3Q15)1 passage
Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen)4 passages
Hebrew Visions of Hell and Paradise8 passages
Letter of Aristeas155 passages
Life of Adam and Eve14 passages
Megillat Antiochus23 passages
New Jerusalem Text (4Q554-555, 5Q15)1 passage
Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab)2 passages
Prayer of Joseph1 passage
Prayer of Manasseh5 passages
Psalm 1511 passage
Psalm 1545 passages
Sefer HaZichronot2 passages
Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4Q400-407)3 passages
Temple Scroll (11QT)2 passages
Testament of Abraham3 passages
Testament of Solomon10 passages
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs12 passages
Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH)3 passages
The Assumption of Moses8 passages
The Book of Maccabees I225 passages
The Book of Maccabees II29 passages
The Book of Susanna15 passages
The Wisdom of Solomon6 passages
War Scroll (1QM)3 passages

Kabbalah & Mysticism 3,572 passages

Asarah Perakim LeRamchal61 passages
Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar139 passages
Baal HaSulam's Preface to Zohar83 passages
Beur Eser Sefirot10 passages
Brit Menuchah1 passage
Chassidic Legends1 passage
Chassidic Literature12 passages
Da'at Tevunot199 passages
Derech Etz Chayim (Ramchal)15 passages
Emek HaMelekh1 passage
Esh Kodesh (Rabbi Kalonymus)2 passages
Etz Hayim4 passages
Heikhalot Rabbati122 passages
Idra Zuta148 passages
Introduction to Sulam Commentary171 passages
Kabbalistic Literature3 passages
Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah1,239 passages
Kedushat Levi (Rabbi Levi Yitzchak)23 passages
Keter Shem Tov5 passages
Likutey Moharan (Rabbi Nachman)22 passages
Maaseh Merkavah3 passages
Maggid Meisharim1 passage
Maharal of Prague1 passage
Mitpachat Sefarim38 passages
Noam Elimelech (Rebbe Elimelech)17 passages
Or HaChaim1 passage
Or Yakar1 passage
Pardes Rimonim6 passages
Peri Etz Hadar32 passages
Petichah LeChokhmat HaKabbalah104 passages
Sefer HaBahir29 passages
Sefer HaHezyonot2 passages
Sefer HaKanah8 passages
Sefer HaPardes1 passage
Sefer haZohar1 passage
Sefer Yetzirah25 passages
Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version30 passages
Sha'ar HaGilgulim55 passages
Sha'arei Gan Eden1 passage
Sha'arei Orah2 passages
Shi'ur Komah1 passage
Sichot HaRan (Rabbi Nachman)3 passages
Sippurei Maasiyot (Rabbi Nachman)16 passages
Sword of Moses (Harba de-Moshe)4 passages
Tanya (Likkutei Amarim)51 passages
Tikkunei Zohar810 passages
Zohar61 passages
Zohar (Midrash HaNeelam)4 passages
Zohar Hadash3 passages

Hellenistic Jewish Writers 623 passages

Against Apion79 passages
Antiquities of the Jews (Josephus)121 passages
Philo of Alexandria1 passage
The Midrash of Philo336 passages
The Wars of God86 passages

Modern Compilations & Folklore 4,113 passages

Battei Midrashot2 passages
Beit HaMidrash (Jellinek)16 passages
Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924)930 passages
Folk Tales1 passage
Franz Kafka4 passages
Hebraic Literature (1901)335 passages
Israel Folktale Archives2 passages
Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906)30 passages
Jewish Fairy Stories (Friedlander, 1920)6 passages
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends (Landa, 1919)19 passages
Jewish Magic and Superstition (Trachtenberg, 1939)16 passages
Legends of the Jews2,672 passages
Manuscript Sources1 passage
Messianic Literature1 passage
Oral Tradition1 passage
Otzar Midrashim (Eisenstein)76 passages
Prague Jewish Legends1 passage

Other Sources 1,495 passages

Ibn Ezra1 passage
Iggeret Teiman (Maimonides)1 passage
Karaite Literature2 passages
Mateh Moshe1 passage
Memar Marqah (Samaritan)2 passages
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)1 passage
Or Zarua1 passage
Orchot Chaim2 passages
Prophets (Nevi'im)3 passages
Rashi3 passages
Shem HaGedolim1 passage
Shibbolei HaLeket1 passage
Targum1 passage
Targum Jonathan204 passages
Targum Neofiti2 passages
Targum Onkelos35 passages
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Exodus510 passages
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis686 passages
Targum Sheni on Esther10 passages
Tkhines Literature1 passage
Torah (Masoretic Text)24 passages
Writings (Ketuvim)3 passages

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SourceLicenseTranslator / PublisherDate
Legends of the Jews Public Domain Louis Ginzberg 1909–1928
Josephus (Antiquities & Against Apion) Public Domain William Whiston (via Project Gutenberg) 1737
Philo of Alexandria Public Domain C.D. Yonge 19th c.
Targum Jonathan Public Domain J.W. Etheridge 1862
Targum Onkelos Public Domain J.W. Etheridge (via eBible.org) 1862
Ein Yaakov Public Domain S.H. Glick 1916
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer Public Domain Gerald Friedlander 1916
Chronicles of Jerahmeel Public Domain Moses Gaster 1899
Exempla of the Rabbis Public Domain Moses Gaster 1924
Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends Public Domain Gertrude Landa via Project Gutenberg 1919
Zohar Public Domain Soncino Press 1933
Book of Jasher Public Domain Various 19th c.
Dead Sea Scrolls Original Adaptation JewishMythology.com editorial adaptation from manuscript references and scholarly summaries 2026
Jewish Encyclopedia Public Domain Funk & Wagnalls 1901–1906
Apocalypse of Abraham Public Domain G.H. Box 1919
2 Enoch (Slavonic Enoch) Public Domain R.H. Charles & W.R. Morfill 1896
2 Baruch Public Domain R.H. Charles 1913
4 Ezra Public Domain R.H. Charles 1913
Life of Adam and Eve Public Domain L.S.A. Wells (in Charles) 1913
Testament of Solomon Public Domain F.C. Conybeare 1898
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs Public Domain R.H. Charles 1908
Midrash Rabbah CC-BY Sefaria 2022
Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael CC-BY Rabbi Shraga Silverstein Undated
Midrash Tanchuma CC-BY Samuel A. Berman Undated
Avot DeRabbi Natan CC-BY A. Cohen (Soncino) 1965
Kabbalah texts (Tikkunei Zohar, etc.) CC-BY Various (Sefaria) Undated
Apocrypha (Jubilees, Maccabees, etc.) CC-BY Various (Sefaria) Undated
Pesikta Rabbati CC0 Sefaria Community Translation Undated
Yalkut Shimoni CC0 Sefaria Community Translation Undated
Otzar Midrashim CC0 Sefaria Community Translation Undated
Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Rabbah CC0 Sefaria Community Translation Undated
Tanna DeBei Eliyahu Zuta CC0 Sefaria Community Translation Undated
Sippurei Maasiyot CC-BY-SA Wikisource volunteer translation Undated
Likutei Moharan CC-BY-SA Wikisource volunteer translation Undated
Tanya (Likkutei Amarim) CC-BY-NC Kehot Publication Society 1962

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