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Judaica

  1. Atlases
  2. Biography
  3. Bibliographies
  4. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, & Companions
  5. History
  6. Languages (Hebrew)
  7. Literature
  8. Periodical Indexes & Resources
  9. Philosophy
  10. Religious & Social Aspects

 

 

Atlases

For Atlases regarding Jewish history/culture, see the major Web site category for Atlases

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Biography

 

Comay, Joan. Who's Who in Jewish History: After the Period of the Old Testament. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. 1995.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     DS115 .C6 1995    

 

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Bibliographies

 

Berman, Lawrence. Bibliographical Essays in Medieval Jewish Studies. The Study of Judaism (series), vol.2. New York: Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1976.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6368 .B53

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z6368 .B53

 

Blumenkranz, Bernhard. Bibliographie des Juifs en France. Paris: E. Privat. 1974.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6373.F7 B52

1961 Version:
Request Retrieval: Storage Jud. Ovrsz Z6373.F7 B5

See below: Meyer, Pierre-Andre. Histoire des Juifs de Lorraine.

 

Cutter, Charles. Judaica Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide. 3 rd ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. 2004.

1994 Edition: Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6366 .C87 2004

 

Meyer, Pierre-Andre. Histoire des Juifs de Lorraine: Bibliographie en Complement a la Bibliographie des Juifs en France. Paris: Commission Francaise des Archives Juives. 1999.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z6373.F7 M59 1999

 

Shunami, Shlomo. Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies: Supplement to 2 nd edition. (1965). Jerusalem: Magnes Press: Hebrew University. 1975.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z6366 .S52 1965 Suppl.

1965 Version:
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6366 .S52 1965

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z6366 .S52 1965

1936 Version:
Judaica, Storage Z7070.A1 S5

 

Singerman, Robert. Spanish and Portuguese Jewry: A Classified Bibliography. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press. 1993.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6373.S7 S56 1993

See also the Jewish Language section for another bibliography by this author.

 

Tallan, Cheryl. Medieval Jewish Women in H istory , Literature, Law, and A rt: A Bibliography. Waltham, MA.: Hadassah International Research Institute on Jewish Women. 2000.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z7963.J4 T35 2000

 

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Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Companions

 

Encyclopaedia Judaica. 22 vol. New York: Macmillan. 2007.
UF
Library West, Judaica Library -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)     DS102.8 .E496

 

Online Version Available (see library catalog for details)

Note: For the Encyclopedia Judaica's yearbooks and decennials, see the library catalog.

 

The Encyclopaedia Judaica is an authoritative source with signed scholarly articles and bibliographies.

 

Goodman, Martin. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     BM70 .O95 2002

 

ha-Entsiklopedyah ha-`Ivrit; kelalit, Yehudit, ve- Eretsyisre'elit.

32 vol. Yerushalayim, Hevrah le-hotsa'at entsiklopedyot, 709-741 [1949-1980 or 1981].
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     AE30 .E5 (Shelved in Oversize Judaica)

 

Jewish Encyclopedia

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/

Available online

1962 Print Version:
The New Jewish encyclopedia. Edited by David Bridger. New York: Behrman House. 1962.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     DS102.8 .N4

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      DS102.8 .N4

 

Neusner, Jacob, Alan Avery-Peck, and William Green. Encyclopedia of Judaism. 3 vols. New York: Continuum Publishing / The Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1999.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)    BM 50 .E53 2002

The Encyclopedia of Judaism offers a comprehensive examination of Judaism from ancient to modern times. Articles are written by scholars in the field.

 

Romm, Diane. The Jewish Guide to the Internet. 3rd ed. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson. 2002.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     BM67 .R66 2001

1996 Edition:
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      BM67 .R66 1996

Online Version:
http://www.jewishinternetguide.com/main/

 

Roth, Norman. Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge, 2003.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     DS124 .M386 2003

 

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History

See also the major section for 'Atlases--Jewish History & Culture'

 

Holtz, Barry. Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts. New York: Summit Books. 1984.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     BM496.5 .B33 1984    (2 Copies)

Includes sections on medieval Bible commentaries and medieval Jewish philosophy.

 

Roth, Cecil. The Dark Ages: Jews in Christian Europe, 711-1096. The World History of the Jewish People (series): Medieval Period ; 2d ser., v. 2 [i.e. v. 11]. Tel-Aviv: Jewish History Publications Ltd.; Massada Pub. 1966.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     DS117 .W6 vol.11 1966

Smathers (Storage) 296.09 W927 v.11 (2 copies)

 

 

Jewish History: Online Resources

 

Academic Guide to Jewish History: Major Print & Scholarly Sources

http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/jewishhistory/index.cfm

 

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook (part of the Online Medieval Sourcebook )

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Direct Link:    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

See the section on 'The Jewish Middle Ages'. This section discusses Jewish community relations with various Christian and Islamic countries. There are also links for more information from Canadian professors who teach courses on medieval Jewish history, literature, philosophy, mysticism, and other topics.

See also: My recommendations of the best medieval gateways to find more information.

 

Jewish History Resource Center

Dinur Center for Research in Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Dinur/

Select 'medieval Jewish history' from the 'periods & topics' pull-down menu (left hand side), or click on this link to go directly there: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/dinur/Internetresources/historyresources/medieval.htm

From the main page, one can get access to many academic resources such as:
(use the 'resources' pull-down menu to access them)

•  bibliographies

•  journals

•  databases

•  maps & atlases

•  texts & documents

 

A huge amount of links here for many aspects of medieval Jews, including:

•  Jewish life in various countries (France, England, Spain, Italy, central Europe)

•  Jewish philosophy & mysticism

•  Jews and the church

•  crusades

•  maps

•  bibliographies

•  online courses

 

Jewish Virtual Library

http://www.us-israel.org/

 

H-Judaica Jewish Studies Network (JSN)

http://www.h-net.org/~judaic/

 

Labyrinth

Georgetown University

http://data.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/

Direct link:    http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/display.cfm?Action=View&Category=Judaism

 

Online Reference Book for medieval studies (ORB)

College of Staten Island, City University of New York

http://www.the-orb.net/index.html

Direct Link:    http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/religion/judaism/judaism.html

 

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Languages (Hebrew)

 

Alcalay, Reuben. The Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary. 2 vol. Tel-Aviv: Massada. 1981.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     PJ4833 .A4 1981

1981 Version:
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- Reference Books Section (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      PJ4833 .A4 1970

1970 Version: LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      PJ4833 .A4

See catalog for older versions.

 

Avinoam, Reuven. Compendious Hebrew-English Dictionary: Comprising a Complete Vocabulary of Biblical, Mishnaic, Medieval and Modern Hebrew.

Tel-Aviv, Israel: The Dvir Publishing Co. 1951.
UF
LIBRARY WEST: -- Reference (3rd Floor) -- PJ4833 .G7

1960 Version: Not at UF

 

Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer. Milon ha-Lashon ha-Ivrith. 15 vol. Jerusalem, Ben-Yehuda, hozaa-la'or le zecher Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. 1940.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      PJ4830 .B36

A scholarly dictionary of the history of the Hebrew Language.

 

Brisman, Shimeon. A History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances. Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Pub. House. 2000.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6366 .B8 2000

Excerpt taken from: Judaica Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide, by Charles Cutter.

"This guide covers the period from the tenth century to the present. It provides detailed descriptions of medieval Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, Aramaic, and Talmudic dictionaries, as well as miscellaneous subject dictionaries."

 

Brisman, Shimeon. A History and Guide to Judaic Encyclopedias and Lexicons. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press. 1987.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6366 .B8 1977 vol.2

 

Ma'agarim; mif' al ha-milon ha-Histori la-Lashon ha-'Ivrit = Historical Dictionary Project of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. [CD-ROM] Yerushalayim: ha-Akademyah la-Lashon ha-'Ivrit. 1998-.
Not at UF

Basically, a Hebrew version of the Oxford English Dictionary. It traces word origins back to their first usage in written texts. At present, coverage begins in 200 B.C.E. and extends up to the mid 11 th century.

 

Singerman, Robert. Jewish Translation History: A Bibliography of Bibliographies and Studies. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. 2002.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Library -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner) Reference Books Section -- Z6514.J48 S56 2002

Library West PN842.S56 2002

See the following sections of this book:

•  Medieval and Early Renaissance, 900-1500

•  Late Renaissance and Early Modern Period 1500-1750

 

Targarona Borrás, Judit. Milon `Ivri-Sefaradi / Yehudit Targaronah = Diccionario Hebreo-Español: Bíblico, Rabínico, Medieval, Moderno. Bartselonah: Riyopidras. 1995.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      PJ4835.S6 T37 1995 (2 copies)

 

 

Hebrew Language Websites

 

Babylon

www.babylon.com

 

Davar

http://www.faithofgod.net/davar/davar.htm

 

Hebrew Literature Resources

http://lib.haifa.ac.il/www/subj/hebrew_lit/hebrew.html

 

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Literature

 

Zinberg, Israel. A History of Jewish Literature. [Translation of Di geshikhte fun der literatur bay Yidn.] Translated and edited by Bernard Martin. 12 vol. Cleveland, OH: Press of Case Western Reserve University. 1972-78.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)    
PJ5008 .Z5313 LIBRARY WEST -- STORAGE: Request Retrieval      809.88924 Z77gEm

Other versions available: see catalog

Contents:

Volume 1: The Arabic-Spanish period.

Volume 2: French and German Jewry in the early Middle Ages.
                   The Jewish community of medieval Italy.

Volume 3: The struggle of mysticism and tradition against philosophical rationalism.

Volume 4: Italian Jewry in the Renaissance era.

Volume 5: The Jewish center of culture in the Ottoman empire.

Volume 6: The German-Polish cultural center.

Volume 7: Old Yiddish literature from its origins to the Haskalah period.

Volume 8: The Berlin Haskalah.

Volume 9: Hasidism and enlightenment (1780-1820)

Volume 10. The science of Judaism and Galician Haskalah

Volume 11 The Haskalah movement in Russia.

Volume 12. Haskalah at its zenith.

Source: UF Libraries Catalog

 

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Periodical Indexes & Resources

 

Index to Jewish Periodicals of General and Scholarly Interest. Cleveland Heights: College of Jewish Studies Press. 1963-.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6367 .I5

CD-ROM Version:
check catalog 

Note : Shelved in Judaica office -- Limited Circulation (Ask at the reference desk)

Selected journal articles are indexed by author and subject. This work also contains book reviews.

 

Index of Articles on Jewish Studies

See below under: Reshimat ma'amarim be-mada'e ha-yahadut

 

Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur aus allen Gebieten des Wissens ( IBZ ) = International Bibliography of Periodical Literature covering all fields of knowledge. Osnabrück: F. Dietrich. 1994.
UF
Library West, Ready Reference (ask for assistance at the 3rd floor reference desk)    CD-ROM AI9 .I57

Paper Version : Check catalog for holdings. AI9 .I5

 

Reshimat ma'amarim be-mada'e ha-yahadut = Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI). Yerushalayim: Hotsa'at sefarim `al shem Y.L. Magnes-ha-Universitah ha `Ivrit. 1968 or 1969-.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6367 .J62

Also available Online:   http://jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi/

 

Singerman, Robert. Jewish Serials of the World: A Supplement to the Research Bibliography of Secondary Sources. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. 2001.
UF
Library West, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner) Reference Books Section --     Z6366 .S526 1986 Suppl.

1986 Version:
Library West, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner) Reference Books Section --     Z6366 .S526 1986

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      Z6366 .S526 1986

 

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Philosophy

 

Berman, Lawrence. Bibliographical Essays in Medieval Jewish Studies. New York: Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. 1976.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)     Z6368 .B53

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner),      Z6368 .B53

For pertinent topics, see the sections of this work entitled:

•  Medieval Jewish Religious philosophy

•  Medieval Jewish Mysticism

 

Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Medieval Jewish Philosophy: An Introduction. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. 1996.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      B755 .C54 1996

 

Frank, Daniel and Oliver Leaman. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2003.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      B755 .C36 2003

For the table of contents of this work, see the
UF
catalog or the Library of Congress link

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2003041200.html

 

Frank, Daniel and Oliver Leaman. History of Jewish Philosophy. New York: Routledge. 1997.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)    B154 .H57 1996.

See part two on Medieval Jewish Thought.

 

Frank, Daniel and Oliver Leaman. The Jewish Philosophy Reader. London: New York: Routledge. 2000.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      B155 .J49 2000

This work accompanies the History of Jewish Philosophy work mentioned above.

 

Harvey, Steven. The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy: Proceedings of the Bar-Ilan University Conference. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2000.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      AE1 .M43 2000

See also : Holtz, Barry. Back to the Sources: Reading the Classic Jewish Texts.
(see the sub-section 'Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Companions' section)

 

Katz, Steven. Medieval Jewish Philosophy. New York: Arno Press. 1980.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      B755 .M43 1980

 

Sirat, Colette. A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1985.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)    B755 .S572 1985

Bibliography on Medieval Jewish Philosophy

 

Twersky, Isadore. Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. Harvard Judaic Monographs [series]. 3 vol. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 1979-.
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)    BM180 .S78

Legal Information Center BM180 .S78

 

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Religious & Social Aspects

See also the major section for 'Atlases--Jewish History & Culture'

 

Baron, Salo Wittmayer. A Social and Religious History of the Jews. 2d ed. 18 vol. New York: Columbia University Press. 1952
UF
Library West: Judaica Collection (see catalog for specific details)    DS112 .B3152

Various editions are available in Storage (see UF catalog for more information)

 

A scholarly resource for Jewish history from ancient times to 1650. See specifically the following:

  • Volumes 3-8: High Middle Ages, 500-1200
  • Volumes 9-17: Late Middle Ages and Era of European Expansion

 

Chazan, Robert. Church, State, and Jew in the Middle Ages. New York: Behrman House. 1980.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      DS102 .C48

Discusses Jewish life in various European countries during the Middle Ages.

 

Marcus, Jacob Rader. The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791. rev. ed. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press. 1999.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      DS124 .M34 1999

1937 Version also available:

LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      DS124 .M34

Library West , Storage 296 M322j

 

Roth, Norman. Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia.

See 'history' sub-section for further information

 

Szarmach, Paul. Aspects of Jewish Culture in the Middle Ages: Papers of the Eighth Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, 3-5 May, 1974. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1979.
UF
LIBRARY WEST, Judaica Collection -- (1st Floor - Northwest Corner)      DS124 .A74

Online Version available through NetLibrary

 

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