Religious Studies Reference Materials
A Guide to Resources at SJSU's King Library
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Judaism
Electronic Resources (Reference) | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Handbooks | Atlases | Primary Sources | Resources for the Study of Primary Sources | eBooks: Introductory Monographs | Indexes
Eisenberg, Joyce & Ellen Scolnic. JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words. Philadelphia, PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2001. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10096058]
Jacobs, Louis. A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion. Oxford [UK]: Oxford University Press, 1999. [Oxford Reference Online http://www.oxfordreference.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t96]
Skolnik, Fred, ed. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd Ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA; Keter Publishing House, 2007. [Gale Virtual Reference Library]
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 50 .O94 1997]
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 vols. NY: Oxford University Press, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 487 .E53 2000]
Neusner, Jacob, Alan J. Avery-Peck, and William Scott Green, eds. The Encyclopedia of Judaism. 3 vols. NY: Continuum, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 50 .E63 1999]
Olitzky, Kerry M. An Encyclopedia of American Synagogue Ritual. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 660 .O45 2000]
Skolnik, Fred, ed. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd Ed., Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA; Keter Publishing House, 2007. [King Reference 2nd Floor DS102.8 .E496 2007]
Wigoder, Geoffrey, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Judaism. NY: New York University Press, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 50 .E63 2002]
American Jewish Desk Reference: [The Ultimate One-Volume Reference to the Jewish Experience in America] / American Jewish Historical Society. New York: Random House, 1999. [King Reference 2nd Floor E184.35 .A44 1999]
Goodman, Martin, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM70 .O95 2002]
Robinson, George. Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, and Rituals. New York: Pocket Books, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 561 .R58 2000]
De Lange, N. R. M. Atlas of the Jewish World. New York: Facts on File, 1984. [King Reference 2nd Floor DS117 .D4 1984]
The Dead Sea Scriptures, with introd. and notes by Theodor H. Gaster. Garden City, N.Y. Anchor Books, 1976. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM487 .A363]
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures [The new JPS translation according to the traditional Hebrew text]. Philadelphia, PA: The Jewish Publication Society, 1985. [King Reference 2nd Floor BS895 .J4 1985a]
The Talmud [Talmud Bavli]: the Steinsaltz Edition. Commentary by Adin Steinsaltz. New York: Random House, 1989- [King Reference 2nd Floor BM499.5 .E4 1989]
Resources for the Study of Primary Sources
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [King Reference 2nd Floor BM 487 .E53 2000]
Neusner, Jacob. The Perfect Torah. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2003. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10090478]
Neusner, Jacob. The Reader's Guide to the Talmud. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2001. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10089104]
eBooks: Introductory Monographs
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Judaism: History, Belief, and Practice. New York: Routledge, 2003. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10062967]
Fishman, Sylvia Barack. Jewish Life and American Culture [SUNY Series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s]. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. [NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/]
Goldberg, Harvey E. Life of Judaism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2001. [ebrary http://site.ebrary.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/lib/sjsu/Doc?id=10058518]
Solomon, Norman. Judaism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford [UK]: Oxford University Press, 1996. [NetLibrary http://0-www.netlibrary.com.mill1.sjlibrary.org/]
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Religious Studies Reference Materials is based on Edith Crowe's Library Research in Comparative Religious Studies web page. Religious Studies Reference Materials was created by Randall Studstill. Please send any suggestions or recommendations regarding the content of this site to randallsjsu(at)baymoon.com. Updated May 26, 2008.