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Looking for a good midrash or other Torah commentary? Midrash is rabbinic commentary on the Torah. But if that sounds dry, you
don't know midrash! Midrashim are as
fanciful as you can imagine. They reflect the oral tradition of what
got left out of the Torah but must be true, as all
good stories are. The legends of midrash also serve a homiletical purpose,
reconciling apparent difficulties in the text to instruct us, through a good
story, how we ought to live our lives.
Among the books on midrash below are classic collections of midrashim, like
the
Midrash Rabbah and
Midrash Tanhuma, as well as modern books to guide you into the wonderful
literature of midrash. For the traditional Hebrew editions (and translations), including Mikraot
Gedolot, the links below will take you to our friends at
Judaism.com,
while others will take you to our friends at
Amazon.
Midrash Rabbah set of 6 volumes, Moznaim edition, 8.75"x12" |
Yalkut Meam Loez set of 11 volumes, Moznaim edition, 6.5"x9" |
Midrash Tanhuma set of 2 volumes, with nikud |
Mikraot Gedolot on Nach (Neviim and Ketuvim, aka Prophets and Writings),
Hamaor edition, 17 volumes |
Mikraot Gedolot, Hamaor edition, in beautiful, crisp type (we use it at
home). Available in small, medium, and large sizes |
Mikraot Gedolot Hamaleh, small size (5"x7"), newly typeset |
Or HaChaim on the Torah, with nikud, 2 volumes |
Perush Ramban on the Torah, 2 volumes |
Rabbeinu Bachai on the Torah, 2 volumes, newly typeset |
The Sfat Emet (aka the Sfas Emes) on the Torah, 5 volumes, newly typeset |
Haketav Vehakabbalah, 7 volumes, English |
Alshich on the Torah, English, 3 volumes |
Or HaChaim, in English, 5 volumes, 2066 pages with index |
Torah Gems (Iturei Torah), English, 3 volumes, 1042 pages |
The Pentateuch and Rashi's Commentary. Linear translation of Torah text and
Rashi, 5 volumes |
Midrash Rabbah: Complete and unabridged English
translation, 10 volume set |
The Classic Midrash: Tannaitic Commentaries on the Bible (Classics
of Western Spirituality) |
The Legends of the Jews: From the Creation to Jacob |
The Legends of the Jews: Moses in the Wilderness |
The Book of Legends Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Legends from the Talmud and
Midrash |
The Legends of the Jews: From Joseph to the Exodus |
Peshat and Derash: Plain and Applied Meaning in Rabbinic
Exegesis |
Midrash Tanhuma: Translated into English With Indices and Brief
Notes: Exodus and Leviticus |
Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu: An English Translation of Genesis and
Exodus from the Printed Version of Tanhuma-Yelammedenu With an Introduction,
notes |
Searching for Meaning in Midrash: Lessons for Everyday
Living |
The Midrash: An Introduction |
Yemenite Midrash: Philosophical Commentaries on the Torah |
Midrashic Imagination Jewish Exegesis, Thought, and
History |
The Exegetical Imagination: On Jewish Thought and Theology |
Midrash and Theory: Ancient Jewish Exegesis and Contemporary
Literary Studies |
Torah Commentary, 7 volumes. Midrash Rabbeinu Bachya |
Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash |
Midrash on Psalms (Judaica Series, No. 13) |
Messengers of God: Biblical Portraits and Legends |
Midrashic Women: Formations of the Feminine in Rabbinic Literature
(Brandeis Series on Jewish Women) |
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Midrash for Beginners |
Midrash in the Jerusalem Talmud |
Where Heaven and Earth Touch: An Anthology of Midrash and
Halachah |
The Midrashic Process: Tradition and Interpretation in Rabbinic
Judaism |
The Aggadic Midrash Literature |
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