Tanakh

Recommended reading list from A Short List of Recommended Books and Websites | JPS Guide: The Jewish Bible

• Armstrong, Karen. The Bible: A Biography. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007.
• Berlin, Adele, Marc Zvi Brettler, and Michael Fishbane, eds. The Jewish Study Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Brettler, Marc Zvi. How to Read the Bible. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005.
• Torah through Time: Understanding Bible Commentary from the Rabbinic Period to Modern Times | Cherry, Shai.
• Coogan, Michael D. The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing House; Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.
• Freedman, David Noel, ed. The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Doubleday, 1992.
• Friedman, Richard E. Who Wrote the Bible? San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1997.
• Legends of the Jews | Ginzberg, Louis
• Holtz, Barry W., ed. Back to the Sources. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986.
• The JPS Bible Commentary series. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999– .
• The JPS Torah Commentary series. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1989–1996.
• JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1999.
• Kugel, James L. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. New York: Free Press, 2007.
• Lieber, David L., ed. Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary. New York: The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Produced in Philadelphia by The Jewish Publication Society, 2002.
• Who’s Who in the Jewish Bible | Mandel, David.
• Metzger, Bruce, and M. Michael D. Coogan, eds. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
• Plaut, G. W. Torah: A Modern Commentary, Revised Edition. New York: URJ Press, 2005.
• Rabin, Elliott. Understanding the Hebrew Bible: A Reader’s Guide. Jersey City, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, 2006.
• Rainey, Anson F., and R. Steven Notley. Carta’s New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible. Jerusalem: Carta, 2007.
• Scherman, Nosson, ed. ArtScroll Tanach Series. Brooklyn: Mesorah Publications, 1976–1998.
• Stein, David E. S. The Contemporary Torah. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2006.

• The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
• Aleppo Codex
• Gutenberg Bible
• Review of Biblical Literature
• Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
• “Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship” exhibit at the Library of Congress