Library

Tov Rose’s Library

This Library is a work in progress. Links to various texts do not necessarily constitute endorsement, and are included here for research purposes. Most of these texts are linked off-site, and I do not necessary endorse their views.

TORAH

• The Complete Tanach with Rashi

Torah

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

Prophets

• Joshua
• Judges
• Samuel 
• Kings
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah
• Ezekiel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadiah
• Jonah
• Micah
• Nahum
• Habakkuk
• Zephaniah
• Haggai
• Zechariah
• Malachi

Writings

• Chronicles
• Psalms
• Job
• Proverbs
• Ruth
• Song of Songs
• Ecclesiastes
• Lamentations
• Esther
• Daniel
• Ezra/Nehemiah

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TARUMIM

• The Tagums

APOCRYPHA & PSEUDEPIGRAPHA

Tanakh Apocrypha

• 1st Esdras
• 2nd Esdras
• Tobit
• Judith
• Additions to Esther
• Wisdom
• The Prayer of Azariah
• Baruch
• Epistle of Jeremiah
• Book of Susanna
• Book of Bel and the Dragon
• Prayer of Manessah
• 1 Maccabbees
• 2 Maccabbees
• Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Prayer of Azariah
• Psalm 151

Tanakh Pseudepigrapha

• The Book of Enoch
• The Book of the Secrets of Enoch
• 1 Enoch Composit (inc. Charles, Lawrence & others)
• Enoch (another version)
• The First Book of Adam and Eve
• The Second Book of Adam and Eve
• The Slavonic Book of Adam and Eve
• The Books of Adam and Eve — translation of the Latin version
• • Life of Adam and Eve — translation of the Slavonic version
  • Life of Adam and Eve — translation of the Greek version (a.ka. The Apocalypse of Moses)
  • The Apocalypse of Adam
  • The Book of Adam
• The Psalms of Solomon
• The Odes of Solomon
• The Letter of Aristeas
• 4th Book of Maccabees
• The Story of Ahikar
• The Book of Jasher
• Sybilline Oracles
• The Book of Jubilees
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• Testament Reuben
• Testament of Simeon
• Testament of Levi
• Testament of Judah
• Testament of Issachar
• Testament of Dan
• Testament of Naphtali
• Testament of Gad
• Testament of Asher
• Testament of Joseph
• Testament of Benjamin
• The Paraphrase of Shem
• The Second Treatise of the Great Seth

• Melchizedek
• The Book of Abraham
• The Testament of Abraham
• The Apocalypse of Abraham
• The Story of Asenath
• Selections from The Book of Moses
  • Revelation of Moses
  • The Assumption of Moses (aka: The Testament of Moses)
• The Martyrdom of Isaiah
• The Ascension of Isaiah
• The Revelation of Esdras
• The Book of Jubilees
• Tales of the Patriarchs
• The Letter of Aristeas
• The Book of the Apocalypse of Baruch (aka: 2 Baruch)
• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (aka: 3 Baruch)
• Fragments of a Zadokite work (aka: The Damascus Document)

New Testament Apocrypha

• Paul to the Laodicians
• Dead Sea Scrolls:

• Community Rule
• The ‘Zadokite’ Document
• Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea
• Epistle of the Apostles
• Report of Pilate the Procurator
• History of Joseph the Carpenter
• Apocryphon of James (Another version)
• The Letter of Peter to Philip
• Book of John the Evangelist
• Ptolemy’s Commentary on the Gospel of John Prologue
• Avenging of the Saviour
• The Apocryphon of John (Long Version)
• The Sentances of Sextus
• Book of Thomas the Contender
• Lost Books of the Bible
  • The GOSPEL of the BIRTH OF MARY
  • The PROTEVANGELION (Another version)
  • The first Gospel of the INFANCY of JESUS CHRIST
  • The Infancy Gospel of Thomas Composit
    • Greek (A)
    • Greek (B)
    • Latin
  • Infancy Compilation (all)
  • The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
  • THE EPISTLES of JESUS CHRIST and ABGARUS KING of EDESSA(Another version)
  • The GOSPEL of NICODEMUS (or ACTS of PONTIUS PILATE)(Another Version)
  • Letters of HEROD and PILATE
  • The APOSTLES’ CREED
  • THE EPISTLE of PAUL the APOSTLE to the LAODICEANS
  • The EPISTLES of PAUL the APOSTLE to SENECA (w/SENECA’s to PAUL)
  • The ACTS of PAUL and THECLA
  • The FIRST EPISTLE of CLEMENT to the CORINTHIANS
  • The SECOND EPISTLE of CLEMENT to the CORINTHIANS
  • The GENERAL EPISTLE OF BARNABAS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the EPHESIANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the MAGNESIANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the TRALLIANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the ROMANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the PHILADELPHIANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the SMYRNAEANS
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to POLYCARP
  • The EPISTLE of POLYCARP to the PHILIPPIANS
  • The Shepherd of HERMAS
    • The First Book of HERMAS (or VISIONS)
    • The Second Book of HERMAS (or COMMANDS)
  • LETTERS OF HEROD AND PILATE
  • THE LOST GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PETER
  • THE GOSPEL of PETER – LAST
  • The EPISTLE of IGNATIUS to the PHILIPPIANS
  • The MARTYRDOM of IGNATIUS
  • The MARTYRDOM of POLYCARP
  • TERTULLIAN on SPECTICALS
  • TERTULLIAN on PRAYER
  • TERTULLIAN on PATIENCE
  • TERTULLIAN on MARTYRS
  • The Report of Pilate to Caesar
  • Gospel of Bartholomew
  • Gospel of Thomas
  • Gospel of Phillip
  • Secret Gospel of Mark
  • Book of Marcion
  • Excerpts from the Gospel of Mary
  • The Letter of Aristeas
  • The Didache
  • Letters of Pontius Pilate

New Testament Acts

• The Acts of Andrew 
• The Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew
• The Acts of Andrew and Matthew
• The Acts of Barnabas
• Martyrdom of Bartholomew
• The Acts of John
• The Mystery of the Cross-Excerpt from the Acts of John
• The Acts of John the Theologian
• The History of Joseph the Carpenter
• The Book of John Concerning the Death of Mary
• The Passing of Mary
• The Acts and Martyrdom of Matthew
• The Martyrdom of Matthew
• The Acts of Paul 
• The Acts of Paul and Thecla
• The Acts of Peter
• The Acts of Peter and Andrew
• The Acts of Peter and Paul
• The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles
• The Acts of Philip
• The Report of Pontius Pilate to Tiberius
• The Giving Up of Pontius Pilate
• The Death of Pilate
• The Acts of Thaddaeus
• The Acts of Thomas
• The Book of Thomas the Contender
• The Consummation of Thomas

New Testament Apocalypse

• The Apocalypse of Adam
• The Revelation of Esdras
• The First Apocalypse of James
• The Second Apocalypse of James
• The Revelation of John the Theologian
• The Revelation of Moses
• The Apocalypse of Paul
• Fragments-The Apocalypse of Paul
• The Revelation of Paul
• The Apocalypse of Peter
• The Vision of Paul
• The Revelation of Peter
• Fragments-The Apocalypse of Peter

Gospels

• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas [Greek Text A]
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas [Greek Text B]
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas [Latin Text]
• A 5th Century Compilation of the Thomas Texts
• An Arabic Infancy Gospel
• The Gospel of James
• The Gospel of the Nativity of Mary| Introduction and Summary |
• The Gospel of Mary [Magdalene]
• The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew
• The Gospel of Nicodemus [Acts of Pilate]| Introduction and Summary |
• The Gospel of Bartholomew
• The Gospel of Peter| Introduction and Summary |
• The Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Philip| Introduction and Summary |
• The Gospel of the Lord [by Marcion]
• The Secret Gospel of Mark Now recognized as a 20th century hoax by Stephen C. Carlson in The Gospel Hoax: Morton Smith’s Invention of Secret Mark (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005).
• The Gospel of Judas

New Testament Pseudepigrapha

• The Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Peter
• Apocalypse of Peter
• The Teachings of Addeus the Apostle
• The Epistle of the Apostles

• Community Rule
• The Apocryphon of James
• The Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar
• The Sophia of Jesus Christ
• John the Evangelist
• The Apocryphon of John 
• The Narrative of Joseph of Arimathaea 
• The Epistle to the Laodiceans
• The Correspondence of Paul and Seneca
• The Prayer of the Apostle Paul
• The Letter of Peter to Philip 
• The Letter of Pontius Pilate to the Roman Emperor 
• The Report of Pilate to Caesar
• The Report of Pilate to Tiberius 
• Excerpts from Pistis Sophia
  • Book 1
  • Book 2
  • Book 3
  • Book 4
  • Book 5
  • Book 6
• The Avenging of the Saviour 
• The Three Steles of Seth
• The Book of Thomas the Contender

Additional Resources

Archive of Ancient Christian Literature

The Gnostic Society Library (Nag Hammadi Codices)

swartzentrover.com Apocrypha & Pseudopigrapha Links

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DEAD SEA SCROLLS

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of some 981 different texts discovered between 1946 and 1956 in eleven caves in the immediate vicinity of the ancient settlement at Khirbet Qumran in Israel. The caves are located about 2 kilometres inland from the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name.

• The Great Isaiah Scroll
  • High Resolution Images of the Isaiah Scroll at the Israel Museum
• The Divine Throne Chariot
• The Book of Secrets (1Q27, 4Q299-301)
• The Thanksgiving Psalms (1QH^a)
• The Parable of the Bountiful Tree (4Q302a)
• A Baptismal Liturgy (4Q414)
• The Coming of Melchizedek (11Q13)
• Tongues of Fire (1Q29, 4Q376)
• The Book of Giants (4Q203, 1Q23, 2Q26, 4Q530-532, 6Q8)
• PsalmsTehillim
• PhylacteryTefillin
• The Community RuleSerkeh ha-Yahad
• Calendrical DocumentMishmarot
• Some Torah PreceptsMiqsat Ma’aseh haTorah
• EnochHanokh
• Hosea CommentaryPesher Hoshea
• Prayer for King JonathanTefillah li’Shlomo shel Yonatan haMelekh
• LeviticusVayikrah
• Songs of the Sabbath SacrificeShirot Olat haShabbat
• Damascus DocumentBrit Damesek
• The War RuleSerekh haMilchamah

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MISHNAH & TALMUD

Seder Zeraim (Seeds)

• Berachot – Blessings
• Peah – Corner
• Demai – Doubtful
• Kilayim – Mixtures
• Shevi’it – Seventh
• Terumot – Offerings
• Maaserot – Tithes
• Challah – Dough
• Orlah – Uncircumcision (of Trees)
• Bikkurim – Firstfruits

Seder Mo’ed (Appointed Time)

• Shabbat – Sabbath
• Eruvin – Blendings
• Pesachim – Lambs
• Yoma – The Day
• Sukkah – Booth
• Beitzah – Egg
• Rosh HaShanah – New Year
• Ta’anit – Fast
• Shekalim – Shekels
• Megillah – Scroll
• Mo’ed Katan – Minor
• Chagigah – Festival Offering

Seder Nashim (Women)

• Yevamot – Sisters in Law
• Ketubot – Marriage Contracts
• Nedarim – Vows
• Nazir – Nazirite
• Sotah – Suspected Adulteress
• Gittin – Divorce Certificates
• Kiddushin – Santifications

Seder Nezikin (Damages)

• Bava Kama – First Gate
• Bava Metziah – Middle Gate
• Bava Batra – Last Gate
• Sanhedrin – Court of Justices
• Avodah Zarah – Idolatry
• Horayot – Rulings
• Shevu’ot – Oaths
• Makkot – Floggings
• Eduyyot – Testimonies
• Pirkei Avot – The Chapters of the Fathers

Seder Kodoshim (Holy Things)

• Zevachim – Animal Sacrifices
• Menachot – Meal Offerings
• Chullin – Non-Holy
• Bechorot – Firstborns
• Arachin – Estimations
• Temurah – Substitutions
• K’ritot – Excisions
• Me’ilah – Trespass
• Tamid – The Continual Offering
• Middot – Dimensions
• Kinnim – Nests

Seder Toharot (Ritual Purities)

• Niddah – Menstruating Woman
• Kelim – Vessels
• Oholot – Tents
• Nega’im – Leprosy
• Parah – Heifer
• Tohorot – Purities
• Mikvaot – Ritual Immersions
• Makshirin – Predispositions
• Zavim – Those with a Flux
• Tevul Yom – Immersed at Daytime
• Yadayim – Hands
• Uzkin – Stalks

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MIDRASH

• Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
• Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
• Midrash Rabbah
• Midrash Rabbah on Chumash and Five Megillot
• Midrash Tanchuma
• Tales and Maxims from the Midrash
• Pesikta Rabbati
• Pesikta de-Rav Kahana
• Aggadat ha-Mashiach
• Aggadat R. Ishmael
• Eldad ha-Dani beney Mosheh texts
• Midrash Wa-yosha (end)
• Nistarot (Secrets of) R. Shimon b. Yohai
• Otot ha-Mashiach
• Otot of R. Shimon b. Yohai
• Pirqe de-R. Eliezer §30 (end)
• Pirqe Mashiach
• Responsum of Hai Gaon on redemption
• Sefer Elijah
• Sefer Zerubbabel
• Tefillat (Prayer of) R. Shimon b. Yohai
• Ten Signs
• Ten Further Things About the Messianic Days

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KABALAH

• Kabalah Unveiled 

TORAT HASOD

• Sefer Yetzirah
• The Bahir
• The Zohar
• Sha’arei Orah
• Etz Chayyim
• Klach Pitchei Chochmah
• Mishkney Elyon

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PRAYER BOOKS

Siddurim

Machzorim

Piyyutim

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LATER RABBINIC

• Rashi’s Commentary on the Torah, Chabad.org
• Rambam’s Mishnah Torah, Chabad.org
• Ramban’s Torah Commentary
• Shnei Luchot HaBrit
• Sefer HaMitzvot
• Selections from Torah Or and Likutei Torah

Rambam

• Iggeret Teiman – The Letter to Yemen
• Mishneh Torah
• Moreh Nevuchim

CHASSIDIC

• Tzava’at Harivash – The Testament of the Baal Shem Tov

Breslov

• Likutey Moharan – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew)
  • Likutey Moharan Explained (English)
  • Likutey Moharan Index (English)
• Essential Rebbe Nachman

Chabad

• R’ Shneur Zalman of Liadi’s Tanya, Chabad.org
• Sichos in English

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EARLY WRITINGS

Early Believers

• The Didache

Herodotus

• The History of Herodotus

Philo of Alexandria

• On the Creation
• Allegorical Interpretation, I
• Allegorical Interpretation, II
• Allegorical Interpretation, III
• On the Cherubim
• On the Birth of Abel and the Sacrifices Offered by Him and by His Brother Cain
• That the Worse is Wont to Attack the Better
• On the Posterity of Cain and His Exile
• On the Giants
• On the Unchangableness of God
• On Husbandry
• Concerning Noah’s Work as a Planter
• On Drunkenness
• On the Prayers and Curses Uttered by Noah When He Became Sober
• On the Confusion of Tongues
• On the Migration of Abraham
• Who is the Heir of Divine Things?
• On Mating with the Preliminary Studies
• On Flight and Finding
• On the Change of Names
• On Dreams, That They are God-Sent
• On Abraham
• On Joseph
• On the Life of Moses, I
• On the Life of Moses, II
• The Decalogue
• The Special Laws, I
• The Special Laws, II
• The Special Laws, III
• The Special Laws, IV
• On the Virtues
• On Rewards and Punishments
• Every Good Man is Free
• On the Contemplative Life or Suppliants
• On the Eternity of the World
• Flaccus
• Hypothetica: Apology for the Jews
• On Providence: Fragment I
• On Providence: Fragment II
• On the Embassy to Gaius: The First Part of the Treatise on Virtues
• Questions and Answers on Genesis, I
• Questions and Answers on Genesis, II
• Questions and Answers on Genesis, III
• Appendix 1: Concerning the World
• Appendix 2: Fragments

Josephus

• Wars of the Jews
• Antiquities of the Jews
• Life of Flavius Josephus (Autobiography)
• Joseph’s Discourse to the Greeks Concerning Hades
• Against Apion

Epistles

• 1st Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
• 2nd Epistle of Clement
• 1st Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
• Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
• Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna

Barnabas

• Introductory Note to the Epistle of Barnabas
• The Epistle of Barnabas

Ignatius

• Introductory Note to the Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
• Introductory Note to the Syriac Version of the Ignatian Epistles
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
• The Second Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
  
• The Third Epistle of the Same St. Ignatius
• Introductory Note to the Spurious Epistles of Ignatius
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians
• The Epistle of Maria the Proselyte to Ignatius
• The Epistle of Ignatius to Mary at Neapolis, Near Zarbus
• The Epistle of Ignatius to St. John the Apostle
• A Second Epistle of Ignatius to St. John
• The Epistle of Ignatius to the Virgin Mary
• Introductory Note to the Martyrdom of Ignatius
• The Martyrdom of Ignatius

Papias

• Introductory Note to the Fragments of Papias
• Fragments of Papias

Irenaeus

• Introductory Note to Irenaues Against Heresies
• Irenaeus Against Heresies
• Book I
• Book II
• Book III
• Elucidation
• Book IV
• Book V
• Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
• Postscript

Justin Martyr

• Introductory Note to the 1st Apology of Justin Martyr
• The First Apology of Justin
• The Second Apology of Justin
• Dialogue of Justin
• Justin’s Hortatory Address to the Greeks
• Justin on the Sole Government of God
• Fragments of the Lost Work of Justin on the Resurrection
• Other Fragments from the Lost Writings of Justin
• Introductory Note to the Martyrdom of Justin Martyr
• The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs

Origen

• Introduction
• Letter of Origen to Gregory
• Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John
• Book I
• Book II
• Fragments of the Fourth Book
• From the Fifth Book
• Sixth Book
• Tenth Book
• Introduction to the Commentaries on Matthew
• From the 2nd Book of the Commentary on Matthew
• Book II
• Book X
• Book XI
• Book XII
• Book XIII
• Book XIV

Christian Texts (Syriac and Arabic)

• Alexander Legend
• Apocalypse of Daniel (English)
  • The Coptic Apocalypse of Daniel
  • The Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel (GoogleBooks Online)
• Bahira Legend
• Edessene Apocalypse
• Gospel of the Twelve Apostles
  • Translated from Syriac
• John of Fenek, Riš Melle book XV
• Pseudo-Ephrem (Syriac)
• Pseudo-Methodius
• Questions of Ezra the Scribe
• Testament of Adam

Christian Creeds

• Nicean Creed
• Athanasian Creed

Ancient Near East

• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• The Seven Tablets of Creation
• The Enuma Elish
• The Code of Hammarabi

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MODERN WRITINGS

• The Legends of the Jews
• Tales and Maxims from the Midrash
• Jewish Encyclopedia
• Hagadah

OTHER WONDERFUL RESOURCES ONLINE

• Sepharia (Jewish Text Resource)