Download Judaica Resources in English

Judaica Resources in English
Getting Started
Ref DS102.8 .E496 2007
Encyclopedia Judaica. F Skolnik.
Also on CD-ROM in library network; and online in GVRL
at: http://www.gtu.edu/library/electronic-resources
Ref Desk BM50 .O94 1997.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion.
Werblowsky/Wigoder.
Ref BM50 .O94 2011.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion.
A Berlin.
Ref BM50 .C26 2011
The Cambridge Dictionary of Judaism and Jewish
Culture. JR Baskin.
Ref BM176 .E34 2010
The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism.
Collins/Harlow.
Ref BM496.5 .B33 1984; also Level 1
Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts.
BW Holtz.
Includes discussion of Kabbalah.
Ref BS570 .C4813 1994
Encyclopedia of Biblical Personalities. Y Chasidah.
Anthologized from the Talmud, midrash, and Rabbinic
writings.
Texts on CD-ROM
BM495 .S66 2001 (Reference Desk – CD-ROM)
Judaic Classics Library or Soncino Classics Collection.
English and Hebrew language editions of the Tanakh,
Talmud, Midrash Rabbah, Zohar, and other texts.
BM501 .R47 2010 (Reference Desk – CD-ROM)
Bar Ilan’s Judaic Library.
A searchable database of texts in Hebrew only.
Tanakh: The Hebrew Bible
Ref BS895 .J4 1999; also Level 1
JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh : The Traditional Hebrew
Text and the New JPS Translation.
Ref BS895 .J4 1985; also Level 1
Tanakh = The Holy Scriptures : The New JPS Translation
According to the Traditional Hebrew Text.
Hebrew Bible in English. Table of weekly Torah readings
in the front, including Haftorah reading.
For other editions:
Do a TITLE search on GRACE using the search term
Bible. O.T. or Bible. O.T. Hebrew. For Torah portion
only you may enter Bible. O.T. Pentateuch or Bible O.T.
Pentateuch Hebrew. Many Jewish editions contain both
Hebrew and English. A tikun edition is available on
GTU Microfiche ATLA 1992-0336.
Mishnah
Ref BM505.A3 D3; also Level 1
The Mishnah. H Danby.
Standard work, but older translation.
Ref BM497.5.E5 N48 1988; also Level 1
The Mishnah : a New Translation. J Neusner.
Talmud (Talmud Balvi)
Ref BM499.5 .E5 1965
Soncino Talmud. I Epstein.
Hebrew-English; includes a subject index.
Ref BM499.5 .E4 1989
The Talmud: the Steinsaltz Edition. IV Berman.
Incomplete; still being published. English and Hebrew,
with commentary by Rabbi Steinsaltz, and including
Rashi in Hebrew.
BM500 .E57 1935 Level 1
English: The Talmud. I Epstein.
See also the Scholar’s Press edition by searching by
TITLE for Talmud. English. 1984.
BM499 1960 Size 2 Level 1
Hebrew:  The Talmud. Y Epshteyn.
(Note: Also at UCB Main at the same call number.) An
older Hebrew edition is in Size 2 at call number BM499
1966. Hebrew editions of individual tractates may also
be found in the collection by searching by TITLE =
Talmud. [Tractate].
BM504 .N44 1994, Level 1
The Talmud of Babylonia : An Academic Commentary.
J Neusner.
Midrashim
Midrash is a genre of writing and a subset of aggadah
(legends). There is no exhaustive or definitive
collection; modern midrash are still being written. A
”list” of Midrash is found in the Encyclopedia Judaica.
Ref BM517.R3 A3 1939
The Midrash Rabbah. Freedman/Simon.
Anthology of midrash on the Torah.
Ref BM530 .G512 2nd ed. 2003 2 vols.
The Legends of the Jews. L Ginzberg.
Anthologizes classic stories into a single narrative.
BM516 .B52 E5 1992 Level 1
Sefer Ha-agadah = The Book of Legends.
Bialik/Ravnitzky.
Codes and Guides to Practice
BM520.88 .I87 1980 Level 1
Mishnah Berurah : the classic commentary to Shulchan Aruch
Orach Chayim, comprising the laws of daily Jewish conduct.
YM ha-Cohen.
The library now has full-text articles in a number of
journal databases at:
http://www.gtu.edu/library/electronic-resources.
→Look at the “By Subject” column under “Electronic
Resources” and click on the link “Jewish Studies.”
Indexes and journal databases under this heading which
may be of particular help in identifying journal articles
include:
•
Index to Jewish Periodicals
•
Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI)
•
Religious and Theological Abstracts (RTA)
•
Old Testament Abstracts
A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice. I Klein.
•
ATLA Religion Database
Ref BM197 .W37 2001
USC-Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement:
http://cmje.org/
Articles, texts and other resources on this important website.
Ref BM560 .G322 1961
Code of Jewish Law: (Kitzur Shulhan Aruh) A
Compilation of Jewish Laws and Customs.
S Ganzfried.
Abbreviated Shulhan Aruh.
Ref BM700 .K54 1979
Jewish Living: A Guide to Contemporary Reform
Practice. M Washofsky.
Prayer Books
The Complete ArtScroll Siddur: Weekday, Sabbath,
Festival. N Scherman.
LC Classification Scheme
BM 1-990
Judaism
150-499
History
480-531
Sifre Kodesh, Halakhah, Legends,
Midrash, and Early Primary Sources
534-540
Judaism and Special Topics
545-591
Principles of Judaism
600-695
Dogmatic Judaism, prayer books
700-750
Practical Judaism
750-755
Biography
DS 101-151 History of Israel (Palestine)
109-109.94 Jerusalem
111-111.9 Antiquities
133-151
Jews outside of Palestine
146.U6
Antisemitism
E 184.3-184.37
Jewish Americans
184.35
History (general)
184.36.E84 Ethnic identity
184.36.S65 Social life and customs
184.36.W64 Women
Internet resources
This list of resources is partially based on a lecture by
Rabbi Yoel Kahn, GTU Library, June 1, 2001.
Conservative
Ref BM674.32 .H37 1985
Siddur Sim shalom : A Prayerbook for Shabbat, Festivals,
and Weekdays. J Harlow.
In Hebrew and English.
Reform
Ref BM674.34 .S83 1975
Sha ‘are tefilah. Gates of Prayer: the New Union
Prayerbook Weekdays, Sabbaths, and Festivals, Services
and Prayers for Synagogue and Home. C Stern.
Orthodox
Ref BM674.243 .B47 1949; 2002 Level 1
Daily Prayer Book. Ha-Sidur ha-shalem. P Birnbaum.
Ref BM674.27 .S34 1985
In contemporary English.
Journal Articles
In some cases, finding journal articles will be a two-step
process: first finding the citation and then going to the
printed journal in the library to find the article.
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