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Jewish Studies

A guide to library resources in Jewish studies, including the Hebrew Bible and Talmud, as well as Hebrew and Israeli literature and Holocaust studies.
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  • E-Books
  • Hebrew Bible, Talmud, & Midrash
  • Hebrew & Israeli Literature
  • Holocaust

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Hebrew Bible

  • English Translations
  • Hebrew Editions
  • Talmud
  • Mishnah
  • Midrash / Targumim
  • Dictionaries
  • Jewish Study Bible by Adele Berlin (Editor); Marc Zvi Brettler (Editor)
    Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation with explanatory notes, introductory materials, and essays by leading biblical scholars.
  • JPS Hebrew - English Tanakh: The Traditional Hebrew Text and the New JPS translation (2nd ed.)
    • Book
  • Torah and Commentary by Sol Scharfstein (ed., trans.)
    Publication Date: 2008
  • JPS Torah Commentary by Nahum M. Sarna (Editor); Chaim Potok (Editor); Jewish Publication Society Staff
    A commentary on the first five books of the Bible that includes the Hebrew text and English translation. It aspires to highlight the tradition of classical Jewish commentary along with modern Jewish critical scholarship. Published by the Jewish Publication Society.
  • Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text by JPS
    Publication Date: 1917
  • ArtScroll Tanach Series
    Call Number: Classed separately
    Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible anthologized from over 2,000 years of Talmudic and rabbinic sources - all translated into English. Includes the Hebrew Bible with facing English translation.
  • Torah: The Five Books Moses by Jewish Publication Society of America
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. BS1203 .J531
  • German Bible Society
    • Link
    Online versions of the Hebrew Bible (Stutttgart), Greek New Testament (Nestle-Aland and UBS), Greek Old Testament (Rahlfs-Hanhart), and the Latin Vulgate Bible (Weber-Gryson).
  • Tanakh Online (via Sefaria)
    • Link
  • Cover ArtBiblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Gesamtausgabe in einem Band by K. Elliger (Editor)
    Publication Date: 1997
    5th ed.
  • Cover ArtBiblia Hebraica Leningradensia by Aron Dotan (Editor)
  • Miḳraʼot gedolot ʻim Malbim
  • Miḳraʼot gedolot ha-Keter
    The new critical edition.
  • Babylonian Talmud by Isidore Epstein (ed.)
    The transalation is based on the text of the Vilna Romm editions.
  • Cover ArtTalmud by Adin Steinsaltz; Leonard Baskin (Illustrator)
    "Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz becomes your personal instructor, guiding you through the intricate paths of Talmudic logic and thought. His extensive introductions and commentaries make the text crystal clear by providing all the background information needed to follow it, while his illustrated marginal notes supply fascinating insights into daily life in Talmudic times."
  • Talmud Bavli by Steinsaltz, Adin (editor)
    44 volumes; in Hebrew.
  • Cover ArtJerusalem Talmud by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (editor)
    The original text of the Jerusalem Talmud is here established on the basis of the editio princeps and the existing manuscripts. The text is fully vocalized. This edition also presents the first English scholarly translation and commentary of the Jerusalem Talmud. All technical terms and syllogisms are explained. The edition will serve as a necessary foundation for the understanding of all rabbinic tradition once the entire Talmud has been commented.
  • Babylonian & Jerusalem Talmud Online (via Snunit, in Hebrew)
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  • Encyclopedia Talmudica: A Digest of Halachic Literature & Jewish Law by Zeṿin, Shelomoh Yosef (editor)
  • Cover ArtKoren Talmud Bavli English by Adin Steinsaltz (ed.)
  • Mishnah Online (via Snunit, in Hebrew)
  • Shishah sidre Mishnah = The Mishnah by Avner Tomaschoff, ed.
    Call Number: Baker Berry BM497.5 .E5 1994 v.1-21
    Text of the Mishnah in Hebrew and English translation; commentary in English.
    v.1-3. Seder Zera'im -- v.4-6. Seder Mo'ed -- v.7-9. Seder Nashim -- v.10-13. Seder Nezikin -- v.14-16. Seder Kodashim -- v.17-21. Seder Tohorot.
  • Mishnah Translated from the Hebrew by Herbert Danby
    The standard English translation.
  • Mishnayoth. by Blackman, Philip
    Call Number: Baker-Berry BM497 1964 v.1-7
    Pointed Hebrew text and English translation.
  • ArtScroll Mishnah Series
    Text in English & Hebrew with commentary in English.

Midrash

  • Midrash Rabbah by Freedman, Harry; Simon, Maurice (editors)
  • Midrash rabah ha-mevʼoar
  • Midrash Tanhuma Online (via Snunit, in Hebrew)

Targumim

  • Bible in Aramaic Based on Old Manuscripts and Printed Texts by Alexander Sperber, ed.
    Call Number: Baker-Berry BS708 .S63 v.1-4
  • Targum Onkelos to Genesis by M. Aberbach; B. Grossfeld
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker Berry BS1234.A7 O54 1982
    Targum Onkelos is the most literal of the Targumim, yet it contains thousands of deviations from the Masoretic text.
  • Targum Onkelos on Exodus by Israel Drazin
  • Targum Onkelos to Leviticus by Israel Drazin
    • Book
  • Targum Onkelos on Deuteronomy by Israel Drazin
  • Neophyti 1, Targum Palestinense ms. de la Biblioteca Vaticana by Alejandro Díez Macho (ed.)
    • Book
    The Pentateuch Jerusalem Targum.
  • Targum Neofiti 1: Genesis
    In English.
  • Targum Neofiti 1: Exodus
    In English.
  • Targum Neofiti 1: Leviticus
    In English.
  • Targum Neofiti 1 : Deuteronomy
    In English.
  • Targum Neofiti 1 : Numbers by Martin McNamara; Ernst Clarke
    • Book
    In English.
  • Onkelos on the Torah : understanding the Bible text
    "Including original English translation of Targum Onkelos, commentary, appendix..."
  • Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament by Brown, Driver, & Briggs
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker Berry Ref. PJ4833 .G44 1957
    Commonly called "BDB," (Brown, Driver, and Briggs). Also consult the useful index to the BDB: (Baker Berry Reference PJ4833.G443 B35 1990).
  • Hebraisches und aramaisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament by Kohler, Ludwig & Walter Baumgartner
    • Book
    Call Number: PJ4835.G5 K58 2004 Bd.1-2
    An English translation is available as well: Baker Berry PJ4833 .K64 1994 v.1-4
  • Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry PJ4564 .G5 1976
    Commonly referred to as Gesenius-Kautzsche, the standard grammar for Biblical Hebrew.
  • Dictionary of Classical Hebrew by David Clines (ed.)
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker Berry PJ4833 .D53 1993
  • Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic Periods by Michael Sokoloff
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ5305 .S65 2002
    Covers Jewish Babylonian Aramaic used in both literary and epigraphic sources from the Jewish community in Babylon from the third century C.E. to the twelfth century.
  • Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature by Morris Jastrow
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ5205 .J3 1967 v.1-2
  • Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary by Reuben Alcalay ed.
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. PJ4833 .A42 1996 k.1-2
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