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Jewish Commentaries -- Series & Sets

ArtScroll Tanach Series
Brown Judaic Studies
Limited to works on the Bible
advanced keyword t:(brown judaic studies) and d:(bible)
The Commentators' Bible: JPS Miqra'ot Gedolot
The Early Prophets with a Commentary Anthologized from Rabbinic Writings
by Nosson Scherman.
Jewish Apocryphal Literature
The JPS Bible Commentary
JPS Torah Commentary
Soncino Books of the Bible
SUNY Series in Judaica
limited to volumes on the Bible
Talmud Bavli: The Schottenstein Edition
Yale Judaica Series

Jewish Commentaries -- Single Volumes

The Arabic Translation and Commentary of Yefet ben 'Eli the Karaite on the Book of Esther
Japheth ben Ali, ha-Levi, 10th cent.
Commentary on the Torah: With a New English Translation and the Hebrew Text
by Richard Elliott Friedman
Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary
David L. Lieber, senior editor; Jules Harlow, literary editor; sponsored by the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
by Robert Alter
The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; A New Translation with Introductions, Commentary, and Notes
by Everett Fox
The Living Torah
Mishlei: A Modern Commentary on Proverbs
by Leonard S. Kravitz and Kerry M. Olitzky
The Pentateuch and Haftorahs: Hebrew Text, English Translation and Commentary
edited by J.H. Hertz
The Torah: A Modern Commentary
by W. Gunther Plaut
The Torah: A Woman's Commentary
edited by Tamara Cohn Eskenazi

The Jewish Annotated New Testament by Levine, Amy-Jill, and Marc Z. Brettler, eds.
Call Number: BS2091.5.A1 2011 O8 Reference
Publication Date: 2011
The Jewish Study Bible, 2nd ed. by Berlin, Adele, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds.
Call Number: BS895.J4 2014 Reference
Publication Date: 2014
Tanakh Translation

About Jewish Commentaries

The Jewish Bible by staff members of the Jewish Publication Society
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2008
See chapter, "Commentaries on the Bible," on pages 121–151.

Jewish Commentaries - Web Site

The Complete Tanach with Rashi's Commentary

Jewish Texts Online

opens new windowSefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts
- opens new windowTanakh with English translation
- opens new windowMishnah with English translation
- opens new windowTalmud (Babylonian)
- opens new windowMidrash
- opens new windowHalakhah
- opens new windowKabbalah