biblical wisdom literature

A closer look at the famous midrash that opens the collection Genesis Rabbah.

We don't read it in synagogue, and we aren't used to reading collections of maxims like this — so how should we get the most out of reading Proverbs?

The Book of Proverbs wants us all to pursue wisdom. But what is that exactly?

A bibliographical summary of Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.

This is an overview of ancient texts that came after the bible but before rabbinic literature.

Despite the cynical tone of Ecclesiastes, it has been given a place of joy and honor in the Jewish cycle of readings.