TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson (2007) · Simon & SchusterTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Kafka: The Decisive Years
Reiner Stach (2005) · Princeton University PressTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Hannah Arendt: For Love of the World
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl (1982) · Yale University PressTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Jonas Salk: A Life
Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs (2015) · Oxford University PressTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
Ananyo Bhattacharya (2021) · W. W. Norton & CompanyTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Herzl
Amos Elon (1975) · Holt, Rinehart and WinstonTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Karl Marx: A Nineteenth-Century Life
Jonathan Sperber (2013) · LiverightTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Freud: A Life for Our Time
Peter Gay (1988) · W. W. Norton & CompanyTIER AACADEMIC BOOK
Maimonides: Life and Thought
Moshe Halbertal (2013) · Princeton University PressTIER APRIMARY
Scripture Corpus: Avot de-Rabbi Natan (Rabbinic Core)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Acts of the Apostles (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Antiquities of the Jews (Second Temple / Deuterocanon)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: De Opificio Mundi (On the Creation of the World) (Second Temple / Deuterocanon)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Talmud Bavli (Rabbinic Core)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) (Rabbinic Core)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The Anchor Yale Bible: 1 Maccabees
Jonathan A. Goldstein (1976) · Yale University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: 1 Maccabees (Second Temple / Deuterocanon)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Esther (Tanakh (Writings))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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The JPS Bible Commentary: Esther
Adele Berlin (2001) · Jewish Publication SocietyAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Micah (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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The Torah: A Women’s Commentary
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Andrea L. Weiss (2008) · CCAR PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Nehemiah (Tanakh (Writings))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Daniel (Tanakh (Writings))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Ezekiel (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Jeremiah (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The Anchor Yale Bible: Jeremiah
Jack R. Lundbom (1999) · Yale University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Isaiah (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: 1 Samuel (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The New Oxford Annotated Bible (NRSV)
Michael D. Coogan et al. (2018) · Oxford University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Judges (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The JPS Torah Commentary: Numbers
Jacob Milgrom (1990) · Jewish Publication SocietyAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Joshua (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Leviticus (Tanakh (Torah))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Numbers (Tanakh (Torah))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The JPS Torah Commentary: Leviticus
Baruch A. Levine (1989) · Jewish Publication SocietyAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Deuteronomy (Tanakh (Torah))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Exodus (Tanakh (Torah))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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The JPS Torah Commentary: Exodus
Nahum M. Sarna (1991) · Jewish Publication SocietyAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Proverbs (Tanakh (Writings))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: 1 Kings (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Romans (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Galatians (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Anchor Yale Bible: Romans
Joseph A. Fitzmyer (1993) · Yale University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Genesis (Tanakh (Torah))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
TIER AACADEMIC BOOK
The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis
Nahum M. Sarna (1989) · Jewish Publication SocietyAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Psalms (Tanakh (Writings))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: 2 Samuel (Tanakh (Prophets))
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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HarperCollins Study Bible
Harold W. Attridge (2006) · HarperOneAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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The Jewish Study Bible
Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler (2014) · Oxford University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Scripture Corpus: Mark (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Luke (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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Scripture Corpus: Matthew (New Testament)
Biblical Canonical Corpus · JPS / Tanakh / Oxford University PressCanonical Hebrew and Second Temple biblical texts
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The Jewish Annotated New Testament
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler (2017) · Oxford University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha (NRSV)
Michael D. Coogan, Marc Z. Brettler, Carol Newsom, Pheme Perkins (2018) · Oxford University PressAuthoritative biblical study and reference work
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Spinoza: A Life
Steven Nadler (1999) · Cambridge University PressDefinitive scholarly biography of Baruch Spinoza.
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John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer
Norman Macrae (1992) · PantheonBiography of John von Neumann.
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The Jewish State (Der Judenstaat)
Theodor Herzl (1896) · M. Breitenstein Verlags-BuchhandlungFounding manifesto of political Zionism.
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A History of the Jews
Paul Johnson (1987) · Harper & RowRenowned civilizational historical survey.
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The Jews of Moslem Spain
Eliyahu Ashtor (1973) · Jewish Publication SocietyComprehensive historical analysis of Sephardic Golden Age.
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Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism
Gershom Scholem (1941) · Schocken BooksAcademic benchmark study of Kabbalah and Hasidism.
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Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
Abraham Pais (1982) · Oxford University PressAuthoritative scientific biography of Einstein.
TIER AJEWISH TEXTUAL
The Guide for the Perplexed
Moses Maimonides (trans. Shlomo Pines) (1963) · University of Chicago PressMasterpiece of medieval rationalist philosophy.
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Mishneh Torah (Code of Maimonides)
Moses Maimonides (1949) · Yale University Press Judaica SeriesFoundational codification of rabbinic law.
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The Jewish War & Antiquities of the Jews
Flavius Josephus (1926) · Harvard University Press (Loeb Classical Library)Core primary historical source for Second Temple and Mishnaic periods.