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The two versions of the Talmud developed simultaneously in the two major Jewish communities of the rabbinic era.

The book of Exodus tells the tale of Israel's liberation and birth, and of the beginning of God's covenanted nation.

Some of the mishnaic laws related to agriculture remain directly relevant for contemporary urban and suburban lives.

The biblical book whose law and theology most directly shaped later Judaism.

The third section of the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, includes poetry, philosophy, history and stories.

Nevi’im (the Prophets section of the Bible) presents Israel's history as a nation on its land.

Twelve "minor prophets" form one "book" concluding the Prophets, the middle section of the Hebrew Bible.

These 150 Hebrew poems are central to Jewish prayer and the inspiration for countless forms of creative expression in Western culture.

Universal interpersonal and societal issues, rather than Jewish ritual law, are the main subject of Seder Nezikin.

The contributions of I.L. Peretz to Yiddish literature.