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                                                                            Selected Bibliography (in English and in Japanese)


                                                                            Jewish Texts
                                                                            every Jewish home should have.

                                                                            • Tanakh, the Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society [we recommend the Hebrew-English version]
                                                                            • The Jewish Study Bible, Oxford University Press [This is the same text of the JPS translation as above plus a wide selection of notes based on traditional Jewish exegesis and modern scholarship. This text with a Tanakh in Hebrew, Koren for example, will be a great read for the rest of your life]
                                                                            • Etz Hayim, Jewish Publication Society [Conservative. It has two commentaries on each page: one historical-critical commentary, and a spiritual commentary, relying on traditional and Chassidic sources. This is the one I prefer, but there are other option also]
                                                                            • Gunther Plaut, The Torah: a modern commentary. [Reform]
                                                                            • Siddur with English [a wonderful choice would be the recently published Koren Siddur with commentary of the Chief Rabbi of England, Sir Jonathan Sachs]
                                                                            • Haggadah Shel Pesach
                                                                            • Reuven Hammer, Ohr Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom [Conservative]


                                                                            Practice

                                                                            • Louis Jacobs, The Book of Jewish Practice
                                                                            • Isaac Klein, A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice
                                                                            • S. Dresner, S. Siegel and D. Pollack, The Jewish Dietary Laws
                                                                            • Adin Stainzaltz, A guide to Jewish prayer
                                                                            • Rela Geffen, Celebration and Renewal
                                                                            • M & S Strassfeld, The Three Jewish Catalogues
                                                                            • Lawrence Hoffman, The Way into Jewish Prayer
                                                                            • Ron Wolfson, A Time to Mourn, A Time to Comfort
                                                                            • Samuel H. Dresner, Keeping Kosher: A Diet for the Soul


                                                                            Beliefs

                                                                            • Louis Jacobs, The Book of Jewish Belief
                                                                            • Louis Jacobs, A Jewish Theology
                                                                            • Abraham J. Heschel’s works
                                                                            • Adin Steinzaltz’ works
                                                                            • Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
                                                                            • Neil Gillman, The Way into Encountering God in Judaism


                                                                            History

                                                                            • Raymond Scheindlin, A short history of the Jewish people
                                                                            • Paul Johnson, A history of the Jews.

                                                                             
                                                                            Holidays

                                                                            • Abraham J. Heschel, The Sabbath
                                                                            • S. Y. Agnon, Days of Awe
                                                                            • Michael Strassfeld, The Jewish Holidays
                                                                            • Nina Beth Cardin, The Tapestry of Jewish Time


                                                                            Reference

                                                                            • Encyclopedia Judaica and its Yearbooks
                                                                            • Kolatch, The Jewish Books of Why
                                                                            • P. Birnbaum, Encyclopedia of Jewish Concepts
                                                                            • Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy
                                                                            • Holtz, Back To the Sources
                                                                            • Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Values
                                                                            • Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Wisdom


                                                                            旧約聖書 (日本語でもいいです)

                                                                            デニス プラガー、現代人のためのユダヤ教入門、ミルトス

                                                                            ミルトス編集部、やさしいユダヤ教Q&A、ミルトス

                                                                            ユダヤの神話伝説、青土社

                                                                            M.モリスン+S.F.ブラウン、ユダヤ教、青土社

                                                                            吉見そういち、ユダヤ人の祭り、エルサレム文庫

                                                                            アンドレ・シュラキ、ユダヤ思想、白水社

                                                                            荒井章三、ユダヤ思想、大阪書籍

                                                                            ポール・ジョンソン、ユダヤ人の歴史(上、下)、徳間文庫

                                                                            滝川義人他、ユダヤ大事典、荒地出版社

                                                                            神藤アキバ他、ヘブライ語入門、キリスト聖書塾

                                                                            ユダヤ大事典、荒地出版社 


                                                                            滝川義人、ユダヤを知る辞典、東京堂出版

                                                                            滝川義人、ユダヤ人名事典、東京堂出版