Research Guides @ Fordham: Jewish Studies: Sacred Texts & Rabbinical Literature

Selected Texts

The Jewish Study Bible by Adele Berlin (Editor); Marc Zvi Brettler (Editor)
Oxford University Press, 2014.
Call number [LC & RH Stacks] BS895 .J4 2014
The JPS Jewish Heritage Torah Commentary by Eli L. Garfinkel
University of Nebraska Press, 2021.

Finding Articles

Articles & Databases
Looking for articles? Try searching in the recommended databases for Jewish Studies.

Searching by Subject Heading

To find translations, commentaries, companions, and annotated texts, try searching for books based on their Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Try copying & pasting these subject headings into a subject search box:

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
Bible. Pentateuch--Commentaries.
Judaism--Liturgy.
Judaism--Sacred books.
Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
Midrash
Midrash--History and criticism.
Mishnah--Commentaries.
Mishnah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Talmud -- Introductions.
Torah (The Hebrew word)

► You can also try searching for books published by the Jewish Publication Society.

Digital Resources

Ktiv: International Collection Of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts
A partnership between the National Library of Israel and the Friedberg Jewish Manuscript Society (FJMS) to make Jewish manuscripts widely available. Includes links to manuscript collections at institutions around the world.
Discovering Sacred Texts
An online learning resource from The British Library with over 270 digital collection items alongside teaching resources and articles written by academics, curators, and faith leaders.
Sefaria
Open library of Jewish texts in Hebrew and English translation.
New English Translation of the Septuagint
Contains the masters of the second printing of A New English Translation of the Septuagint, as published by Oxford University Press in 2009.
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
A partnership between the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Google. Currently providing digital access to five of the Dead Sea Scrolls: the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Community Rule Scroll, the Commentary on Habakkuk Scroll, the Temple Scroll, and the War Scroll.

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Jewish Studies: Sacred Texts & Rabbinical Literature

Content Note

Selected Texts

Finding Articles

Searching by Subject Heading

Digital Resources

Reference & Instruction Department