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Jewish Studies: Beginning Research

Providing an overview of resources on Jewish Studies locally and within Fordham University Libraries.

Research Support at Fordham University Libraries

Welcome to the Jewish Studies research guide. This guide provides an overview of Fordham's library resources related to Jewish Studies.

This page contains a selection of resources for beginning research. For additional options, search the library catalog.

For one-on-one research assistance, please contact one of the liaison librarians listed below.

Selected Dictionaries

Dictionary of Jewish Words [electronic resource] by Joyce Eisenberg; Ellen Scolnic
Jewish Publication Society, 2006.
Dictionary of Jewish Terms by Ronald L. Eisenberg
Schreiber Pub., 2008.
Call number [RH Reference Area] BM50 .E485 2008
The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism by John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow (editors)
William B. Eerdmans, 2010.
Call number [RH Reference Area] BM176 .E39 2010
Historical Dictionary of Ancient Israel by Niels Peter Lemche
Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Call number [RH Reference Area] DS102.8 .L38 2004
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion by Geoffrey Wigoder and R. J. Zwi Werblowsky (editors
Oxford University Press, 1997.
Call number [(RH & LC Reference Area] BM50 .O94 1997

Cambridge Histories

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 7, the Early Modern World, 1500-1815 by Jonathan Karp; Adam Sutcliffe (editor)
Cambridge University Press, 2017.
The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 8, the Modern World, 1815-2000 by Mitchell B. Hart; Tony Michels (editors)
Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Selected Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Judaica (2nd Edition) by Fred Skolnik and Michael Berenbaum (editors)
MacMillan Reference USA, 2007.
Encyclopedia of Judaism by Sara E. Karesh; Mitchell M. Hurvitz
Call Number: (RH) Ref BM50 .K37 2006
New York : Facts on File, 2006.
The New Encyclopedia of Judaism by Geoffrey Wigoder (Editor); Fred Skolnick (Editor); Shmuel Himelstein (Editor)
Call Number: (RH , WC) Ref BM50 .E63 2002
New York : New York University Press, 2002.
Medieval Jewish Civilization [electronic resource] : An Encyclopedia by Norman Roth
Routledge, 2016.
Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World by Norman Stillman
Call Number: (RH) Ref DS135.L4 E53 2010 V.1-5
Brill, 2010.
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe by Gershon David Hundert (Editor)
Yale University Press, 2008.
Call number [RH Reference Area] DS135.E8 Y578 2008

Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel by David Tidhar
A project of Touro College Libraries, this link provides digital access to this historic 19-volume set.
Jewish Virtual Library (JVL)
Online encyclopedia from the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE) covering Jewish history, politics, and culture with over 25,000 articles and 10,000 images.

Resources at New York Public Library

Apply for a Library Card at New York Public Library
A New York Public Library (NYPL) card will enable you to borrow books at any of the 92 locations in the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island; request materials in reading rooms or from offsite storage; and access selected databases from home.
Oxford Bibliographies - Jewish Studies
**This resource requires a library card at New York Public Library for access.** Provides authoritative annotated bibliographies to assist with beginning research.

Library Liaison to Jewish Studies

Tierney Gleason

Contact:

Rose Hill Campus | Walsh Family Library | Room 129
tgleason11@fordham.edu

718.817.3574

Subjects: Liaison List, Library & Information Science

Library Liaison to Jewish Studies

Contact:

Rose Hill Campus
Walsh Family Library
Room 128

jsuda@fordham.edu

718-817-3587

Subjects: Liaison List, Library & Information Science

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