Refers to literary works written by Jews. Jewish literature can be roughly divided into three periods. The period of 1 was the ancient Hebrew period, from about 12 BC to the 2nd century BC. About 1000 years of literature was compiled into the Jewish Bible, and later Christianity was called the Old Testament. During this period, the spoken language of Palestine was originally called "Biblical Hebrew" and later evolved into "Messina Hebrew". The former refers to the living Hebrew in the period of biblical works creation; The latter means to explain the written language, Hebrew in biblical period or the language of Hebrew code.

The second issue is Literature 200 to 1880. During this period, Hebrew developed into written or classical Chinese. The author also writes in other languages. The center of Hebrew literature in this period was in the Mediterranean region, then moved to northwest Europe, central Europe and eastern Europe, and moved to America in the middle of19th century.

The third issue is after 1880. This period is characterized by the restoration of Hebrew as an oral language and the gradual transfer of its literary center to Palestine.

Jewish literature is different from Hebrew literature. Hebrew literature refers to the literature written in Hebrew in the17th century. Some were written by Jews, some by Samaritans and some by Christians. Jewish literature is not necessarily written in Hebrew. Some Jewish writers write in Greek, Aramaic, Arabic, Jewish Spanish and Yiddish (Jewish German) as well as English, French, German and Russian.