Religious Literacy: Religions Around the World (OwnVoices) - hosted by krixano

A book from a Jew or Jewish Scripture
Jewish Scripture includes the Hebrew Bible, which is not quite the same as the Old Testament. The JPS, "The Contemporary Torah" (a gender-sensitive version of the JPS), or the Koren Tanakh translations are recommended. Jewish Scriptures also include the Mishnah and the Talmud. Many of these are available for free on https://sefaria.org

If you want to go more in depth, you can read one book from Orthodox Judaism, one from "Conservative Judaism", one from Reform Judaism, and one from Reconstructionist. There are also the mystical Kabbalah works, as well as "legal" Halakhah works, and Philosophical Jewish works (Maimonides, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Buber, Philo, etc.)
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The Bible with and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently by Marc Zvi Brettler, Amy-Jill Levine

The Bible with and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently

Marc Zvi Brettler, Amy-Jill Levine

512 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
Why Faith Matters by David J. Wolpe

Why Faith Matters

David J. Wolpe

208 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging reflective slow-paced
Mazel Tov by J. S. Margot

Mazel Tov

J. S. Margot

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir sociology reflective fast-paced
People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present

Dara Horn

6 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism by Jon D. Levenson

The Love of God: Divine Gift, Human Gratitude, and Mutual Faithfulness in Judaism

Jon D. Levenson

264 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Jon D. Levenson

Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Jon D. Levenson

244 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century To 1969 by Noam Sienna, Judith Plaskow

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century To 1969

Noam Sienna, Judith Plaskow

426 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ religion challenging reflective medium-paced
Jewish Study Bible-FL-Tanakh by

Jewish Study Bible-FL-Tanakh

2309 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging reflective fast-paced
Artscroll English Tanach-OE-Stone by Mesorah Publications

Artscroll English Tanach-OE-Stone

Mesorah Publications

1416 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Etz Hayim by David L. Lieber

Etz Hayim

David L. Lieber

1400 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced