Jewish Studies
[*resources are available to all Library users on-campus; some resources will be available to SOAS students & staff only if off-campus]
General web resources
- A concise companion to the Jewish Religion / Jacobs (Via Oxford Reference Online) Contains “a wealth of information on every aspect of Jewish belief and practice, both ancient and modern”*
- Diarna: mapping Mizrahi heritage Project aiming to draw together multimedia resources, videos, digital images and oral histories of the Jewish communities of the Arab world, from North Africa to Iran.
- Encyclopaedia of Judaism / Nuesner [et al] (via Brill Online Reference Works) 2nd edition (2005). The emphasis is on the classical literature of Judaism and its history, but the encyclopaedia also covers sociological and cultural issues for modern Judaism *
- Friedberg Genizah Project The project (in conjunction with the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, Toronto) aims to make an inventory of all extant Cairo Genizah manuscripts. A selection of the fragments can be viewed in detail. Click “Demo” to see bibliographies, scanned catalogues and images
- Internet Jewish History Sourcebook From Fordham University (New York) – essays, articles, extracts and commentary on the history of Judaism and Jewish diaspora communities
- Jewish Encyclopedia The complete, unedited, contents of the original edition published between 1901 and 1906. There are over 15,000 searchable articles and illustrations.
- Jewish Virtual Library (American-Israeli Co-operative Enterprise) Magazine-style website. Click Enter the Library for links to a wide range of articles on Jewish / Israeli history and view “Judaic treasures” from the Library of Congress
- Judaica Europeana Collection of digitized texts, archival material and online exhibitions from European archives and museums showcasing aspects of life and culture of Jewish communities across the age.
- Judaism and Jewish Resources Comprehensive index to Jewish resources online in English, Hebrew and Yiddish, as well as information on and for Jewish diaspora communities across the globe.
- North American Jewish Data Bank (University of Connecticut) Information and statistics on the politics, economics and history of the North American Jewish community, plus full-text of the American Jewish Yearbook from 1899
- RAMBI Bibliographic database of articles on Jewish studies hosted by The Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. Click RAMBI Web to search the database
- Taylor-Schecter Genizah Research Unit (University of Cambridge) The collection comprises some 190,000 fragments from the Cairo Genizah, mainly in Hebrew, Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. View the newsletter "Genizah fragments" and the "fragment of the month" along with links to other Genizah archives and related resources
- Virtual Religion Index: Jewish Studies A portal to internet resources on Judaism, from the Religious Studies Department at Rutgers University (New Jersey)
Open access texts
- Aleppo Codex Online Website devoted to the oldest extant copy of the Hebrew Bible (dating from around 930). Contains comment and analysis as well as a searchable, digitized copy of the text
- The dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: culture, politics and the formation of modern diaspora / Joel Beinin (University of California Press, 1998) Open-access text from the UC Press E-books Collection
- Internet Sacred Text Archive: Judaism Included are some freely available core texts from the Hebrew Bible to the modern period.
- Jewish National University Library (JNUL) Digitized Book Repository Over 1000 rare books printed from the late 15th century to the early 20th century (in Hebrew, Arabic and European languages) on a variety of topics relevant to Jewish and Hebrew studies are currently available on open-access.
Organisations and other libraries
- British Association of Jewish Studies Founded to “advance the teaching and research in Jewish culture and history” within Higher Education establishments in the United Kingdom
- Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies (Columbia University, New York) Centre for discussion on Jewish life, history and culture. Also has web-links to other resources on Judaism
- Institute of Jewish Studies (University College London) Independent institution for the “promotion of all aspects of Jewish scholarship and civilisation”
- Jewish Studies Network Discussion forum from H-Judaic, part of H-Net, an international forum of scholars and teachers. Includes book reviews and pre-prints and information on research and grants etc.
- Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish / Non-Jewish Relations (University of Southampton) Collection based on the library and life work of Reverend Dr James Parkes (1896-1981). The library now consists of over 20,000 printed items – books, pamphlets and journals – and is supplemented by one of the largest collections of Jewish archives in Europe
- University College London : Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies The Department aims to research and teach all aspects of Jewish history and culture from antiquity to modernity
