Jewish Law Research Guide

Find Articles in Jewish issues, in general

Primary Databases

American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES): Covers the literature of Slavic and East European Studies from the late 1980s to present.

American: History and Life: Covers the US and Canada from prehistory to present.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (FT): Covers the literature of religion back to 1949.

Bibliography of Asian Studies: Covers “principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971”. Extensive coverage of the Middle East.

Felix Posen Bibliographic Project on Antisemitism: Three separate searchable databases from SICSA

Historical Abstracts: Covers the history of the world, from 1450 to pressent (excluding the US and Canada). Extensive coverage of the politics and history of Israel and the Middle East.

RAMBI: Index of Articles on Jewish Studies: Free resource from the Jewish National and University Library.

Secondary Databases

Academic Search Premier (FT): Large multidisciplinary database.

Anthropology Plus: International coverage of the anthropological literature and related disciplines. Search here for articles on archaeology, culture, folkore, language, and sociology of Israel and the Middle East.

eHRAF (Electronic Human Relations Area Files) (FT): Huge ethnographic database that covers cultures and societies around
the world.
Ethnic NewsWatch: “…full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.”

Humanities Abstracts: Covers a wide range of the Humanities literature from 1984 to present. Includes philosophy, theology, the arts, and literature and linguistics.

Index Islamicus (print resource): The primary resource for Islamic Studies.

ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance: A collection of databases. Choose the ITER Bibliography for coverage of Judaism and Jewish life during the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).

JSTOR (FT): Large collection of full-text journals in many subject areas, including nine journals on the Middle East.

MLA International Bibliography: Produced by the Modern Language Association. Covers literature, language, linguistics, folklore, literary criticism and theory.

Philosopher’s Index: Premier database for the discipline of Philosophy offering international coverage of the literature from 1940 to present. Includes articles on Islam, Averroes, Avicena, and more.

Project Muse (FT): Large collection of full-text journals covering many subjects, including religion, philosophy, and psychology.

PsychInfo: Database of the American Psychological Association. International coverage of the Psychology literature from 1887 to present, including topics of religion, psychology of religion, and Judaism.

Sociological Abstracts & Social Sciences Abstracts & Social Sciences Citation Index: Coverage of the social science literature. Includes Judaism and related topics.
Wilson Biographies Illustrated: Over 100,000 biographies and 31,000 photographs, from ancient to modern, from east and west, and from astronauts to murderers to zookeepers.

World News Connection (FT): Non-US media sources in translation. Covers multiple topics and all regions of the world.

Note: (FT) means that a database contains some or all full-text access to articles.

Theses and Dissertations in Jewish issues, in general

•Search Digital Dissertations, order using Thesis Request Form.
•Search specified title and order directly from platforms like E-Z Borrow.
•Search and order theses and dissertations from WorldCat (in Advanced Search, select “Thesis/Dissertation” from Subtype Limits: Any Content dropdown box. Do the Search. When you find a title, open the record and click on “Borrow this item from another library”, fill out the form, hit “Submit” and your request goes directly to Temple Interlibrary Loan.)

Find Books and Journals in Jewish issues, in general

Books

Use Worldcat or other similar platform.

Limit Search to Books in Hebrew
• Go to Keyword search page.
•On the “Language” drop-down box, select Hebrew.
•Insert word or phrase in keyword field and search.

Print and Electronic Journals

First use Journal Finder, and if unsuccessful try other platform.

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Guides in Jewish issues, in general

Discipline-Specific

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East (4 volumes)

Concise Companion to Jewish Religion

Complete English-Hebrew Dictionary (2 volumes): Look up a word in English, find the Hebrew word.

Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary (1 volume): Look up a word in Hebrew, find the English word.

Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend (1 volume)

Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period (2 volumes)

Encyclopaedia Judaica (16 volumes)

Encyclopedia of Judaism (3 volumes)

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East (4 volumes)

Hebrew-English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1 volume)

Holocaust Literature: an Encyclopedia of Writers and their Work (2 volumes)

Middle East Contemporary Survey (22 volumes)

Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (5 volumes)

Reader’s Guide to Judaism (1 volume)

Routledge Atlas of Jewish History (1 volume)

Timetables of Jewish History: a Chronology of the Most Important People & Events (1 volume)

Multidisciplinary

Chronology of World History (4 vols)

Cities of the World, 6th Edition // Israel (4 volumes)

Contemporary American Religion (1 volume)

Encyclopedia of Historians & Historical Writing (2 vols): 44 entries on the Ancient World; 27 entries on the Middle East

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion (2 vols)

Encyclopedia of Philosophy (editor–Edwards) (8 vols)

Encyclopedia of Religion, 2nd Edition (15 volumes)

Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (4 vols)

Grove Art Online: Dictionary of Art (10 volumes)

History of Humanity (5 vols)

Historisches Worterbuch der Philosophie (10 vols)

New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition (15 volumes)

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas (6 volumes)

Political and Diplomatic History of the Arab World, 1900-1967; a Chronological Study (16 vols)

Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (5 vols)

Religions of the World (4 vols)

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (10 vols)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life (4 vols)

Selected Book Series in Jewish issues, in general

Brill’s Series in Jewish Studies, from Brill Academic Publishers

Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
published by Brandeis University Press

Early Judaism and its Literature
from Brill Academic Publishers

Jewish Literature and Culture
from Indiana University Press

Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
from Syracuse University Press

Littman Library of Jewish Studies
published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Studies in Jewish History
published by Oxford University Press

Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity
p ublished by Brill Academic Publishers

Yale Judaica Series

published by Yale University Press

Selected Internet Resources in Jewish issues, in general

Jewish History Resource Center
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; for full text documents, choose “Texts and Documents” from the second dropdown menu

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
produced at Fordham University

JewishEncyclopedia.com
free online version of the 1901-1906, 12 volume Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Virtual Library
from the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Women’s Archive
the mission of jwa.org is to “uncover, chronicle, and transmit the rich legacy of Jewish women and their contributions…”

Sacred Texts of Judaism
from the Internet Sacred Text Archive

Selected Bibliography on Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
short and interesting

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