The Map of Jewish Texts

The whole Tanakh is public-domain in English via the JPS 1917 translation. This is the shared spine — the same books as the Christian Old Testament.

The 63 tractates of the Mishnah. Danby’s 1933 English is the standard — worldwide-PD in life+70 terms but under the US copyright clock until 2029, so amber (Pirkei Avot has older PD translations).

Gemara — the great Aramaic analysis of the Mishnah. The one worldwide-PD English is Rodkinson’s (partial, weak); the standard Soncino is ©, and the flagship Steinsaltz is CC-BY-NC (free but non-commercial).

Homiletic & legal expansion of scripture, and the Aramaic Targums (Etheridge’s Targums are green).

The legal codes and the classics of medieval Jewish philosophy.

The mystical tradition and the prayer book.

Texts of this tradition the archive holds that have no chip on this map and no room placement — browsable here honestly; each awaits a reviewed binding or a structure-growth pass (the stays-reception rulings of the placement program, 2026-07).