Jewish religious literature

Rabbinic literature
The religious literature of the Judaism offers a guide to adherents behavior, social norms, values etc.

Judaism has at all times valued Torah study, as well as other religious texts. The following is a basic, structured list of the central works of Jewish practice and thought. For more detail, see Rabbinic literature.
 * Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) and commentaries
 * Mesorah
 * Targum
 * Jewish Biblical exegesis (also see Midrash below)
 * Works of the Talmudic Era (classic rabbinic literature)
 * Mishnah and commentaries
 * Tosefta and the minor tractates
 * Talmud:
 * The Babylonian Talmud and commentaries
 * Jerusalem Talmud and commentaries
 * Midrashic literature:
 * Halakhic Midrash
 * Aggadic Midrash
 * Halakhic literature
 * Major Codes of Jewish Law and Custom
 * Mishneh Torah and commentaries
 * Tur and commentaries
 * Shulchan Aruch and commentaries
 * Responsa literature
 * Jewish Thought and Ethics
 * Jewish philosophy
 * Kabbalah
 * Hasidic works
 * Jewish ethics and the Mussar Movement
 * Siddur and Jewish liturgy
 * Piyyut (Classical Jewish poetry)