Print Resources for Judaism and Jewish Studies

Indexes - Bibliographies - Dictionaries / Encyclopedias - Hebrew Bible- Mishna - Midrash - Talmud - Musar - Kabbalah - Halakhah - Aggadah - Festivals and Rituals - Philosophers / Theologians

Article Indexes and Abstracts

• Index to Jewish Periodicals - Ref/Index DS 101
• Middle East Abstracts and Index - Ref/Index DS 41.3
• Religion Index One: Periodicals - Ref/Index BL 1.3

Bibliographies

• 2000 Books and More: An Annotated and Selected Bibliography of Jewish History and Thought - Lib Stacks DS 102.5 .Z995
• Bibliography of Jewish Bibliographies - REF PJ 5005.9 .S5 1965
• Index to Festschriften in Jewish Studies - REF DS 102.3 .B45
• The Schocken Guide to Jewish Books - REF DS 102.95 .S39 Z994

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The Blackwell Companion to Jewish Culture - REF DS 102.8 .B46
• Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica - REF BM 50 .C615
• Dictionary of Jewish Biography - REF DS 115 .W49
• Dictionary of Jewish Religion - REF BM 50.18
• Encyclopedia Judaica - REF DS 102.8 .E5 1996
• The Encyclopedia of Religion - REF BL 31 .E36
• Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel - REF DS 149 .E59
• English-Hebrew Dictionary - REF PJ 4833 .Z34
• A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People - REF DS 117 .J851
• The International Jewish Encyclopedia - REF DS 101 .J463
• The Jewish Almanac - REF DS 101 .J463
• The Jewish Encyclopedia - REF BM 50 .J6
• The Jewish Religion: A Companion - REF BM 50 .J28 1995
• Popular Dictionary of Judaism - REF BM 50 .C618 1995
• The Timetables of Jewish History - REF DS 114 .G68

Hebrew Bible: Torah, Prophets and Writings

• Mikra'ot Gedolot im 32 Perushim: Lib Stacks BS 715 1866 vol. 1-10
• The Pentateuch with Haftaroth and Five Megiloth - Lib Stacks BS 1222 1928
• The Torah: A Modern Commentary - BS 1225.3 .P55
• Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation - REF BS 1225 .K3631
• The Book of the Twelve Prophets - Lib Stacks BS 1560 .A6 .S53 2000

Mishna: Compilation of Jewish Traditions compiled about 200 C.E.

• Mishna: trans Herbert Danby - Lib Stacks BM 505 .A3 D3
• Mishna: Hebrew - Lib Stacks BM 497 1952

Midrash: Homiletic and Exegetical Studies of the Torah

• Midrash Rabbah: trans. Harry Freedman - Lib Stacks BM 517 .R3 A3 1939 vol. 1-10
• Midrash Rabbah: Hebrew - Lib Stacks BM 517 M63 M5 vol. 1-11

Talmud

• Talmud Bavli (The Babylonian Talmud in Hebrew) - Lib Stacks BM 499 1969 vol. 1-15
• Talmud Bavli: trans. Epstein - Lib Stacks BM 499.5 .E5 1935
• Talmud Yerushalmi: Selections: trans. Jacob Neusner - Lib Stacks BM 516 .T282 E45
• Talmud Yerushalmi: Selections: Hebrew - Lib Stacks BM 498 1968
• The Essential Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition - Lib Stacks BM 503.5 .S84
• The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition: A Reference Guide - Lib Stacks BM 499.5 .E5 1989
• Who's Who in the Talmud - Lib Stacks BM 501.15 .F75

Musar: Popular Pietistic Literature

• The Duties of the Heart - Lib Stacks BJ 1287 .B2 D81 vol. 1-2
• Rabbi Israel Salanter: Seeking the Torah of Truth - Lib Stacks BM 755 .L54 E861

Kabbalah: Zohar, Cabala and Mysticism

• Zohar Torah: Hebrew - Lib Stacks BM 525 .A5 1924
• Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment: trans. Daniel Chanan Matt - Lib Stacks BM 525 .A52 M37
• Zohar: trans. Sperling & Simon - Lib Stacks BM 525 .A534

Halakhah: Exegesis regarding Law and Living

• Encyclopedia Talmudica - Lib Stacks BM 500.5 .E61
• Code of Jewish Law - Lib Stacks BM 560 .G3211 1961
• Code of Maimonides - Lib Stacks BM 545 .M62 1949

Aggadah: Lore, Theology, Philosophy

• Legends of the Jews - Lib Stacks BM 530 .G512 1992
• Judaism in Society - Lib Stacks BM 498.8 .N48
• Decoding the Rabbis - Lib Stacks BM 516.5 .I823 A26

Festivals and Rituals

• A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice - Lib Stacks BM 700 .K54
• The Jewish Festivals - Lib Stacks BM 690 .S321

Some Important Philosophers / Theologians

Use the WRLC Libraries Catalog to locate books by or about these thinkers.

• Ahad Ha'am
• Martin Buber
• Theodor Herzl
• Abraham Joshua Heschel
• Mordecai Kaplan
• Moses Maimonides
• Philo Judaeus of Alexandria
• Franz Rosenzweig
• Lev Shestov

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