| The Legends of the Jews: From Moses to Esther: Notes for Volumes 3 and 4 L Ginzberg JHU Press, 1998 | 2098 | 1998 |
| The idea of biblical poetry J Kugel Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 | 1419 | 1998 |
| Traditions of the Bible: A Guide to the Bible as It Was at the Start of the Common Era JL Kugel Harvard University Press, 1998 | 727 | 1998 |
| The Bible as it was JL Kugel Harvard University Press, 1997 | 602 | 1997 |
| In Potiphar's House: The Interpretive Life of Biblical Texts JL Kugel (No Title), 1994 | 506 | 1994 |
| Early biblical interpretation RA Greer Westminster John Knox Press, 1986 | 427 | 1986 |
| How to read the Bible: A guide to Scripture, then and now JL Kugel Simon and Schuster, 2007 | 423 | 2007 |
| Two introductions to Midrash J Kugel Prooftexts, 131-155, 1983 | 295 | 1983 |
| Poetry and prophecy: the beginnings of a literary tradition JL Kugel Cornell University Press, 1990 | 150 | 1990 |
| A Walk through Jubilees: Studies in the Book of Jubilees and the World of its Creation JL Kugel Brill, 2012 | 143 | 2012 |
| The God of old: Inside the lost world of the Bible JL Kugel Simon and Schuster, 2004 | 126 | 2004 |
| Levi's Elevation to the Priesthood in Second Temple Writings J Kugel Harvard Theological Review 86 (1), 1-64, 1993 | 120 | 1993 |
| The ladder of Jacob: ancient interpretations of the biblical story of Jacob and his children JL Kugel Princeton University Press, 2009 | 103* | 2009 |
| On the Bible and literary criticism J Kugel Prooftexts, 217-236, 1981 | 86 | 1981 |
| On Hidden Hatred and Open Reproach: Early Exegesis of Leviticus 19: 17 JL Kugel Harvard theological review 80 (1), 43-61, 1987 | 79 | 1987 |
| Qohelet and money JL Kugel The Catholic biblical quarterly 51 (1), 32-49, 1989 | 70 | 1989 |
| The Story of Dinah in the Testament of Levi J Kugel Harvard Theological Review 85 (1), 1-34, 1992 | 68 | 1992 |
| The great shift: Encountering God in biblical times JL Kugel Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| David the Prophet JL Kugel Poetry and Prophecy: The Beginnings of a Literary Tradition, 45-55, 1990 | 61 | 1990 |
| Wisdom and the anthological temper J Kugel Prooftexts, 9-32, 1997 | 60 | 1997 |
