Library Logo RELIGION: JUDAISM
by D. Rogenmoser
CONTENTS:
FINDING BOOKS IN EUREKA
EUREKA is a catalog of items owned by the CSUS Library.  Books can be searched for in EUREKA by title, author, keyword and Library of Congress Subject Headings.
  • Subject Searching: Library holdings can be found by entering Judaism as a SUBJECT.

  • Keyword Searching: Another way to locate materials in EUREKA is by Advanced Keyword searching. Use Advanced Keyword to search for books on topics such as:
        Judaism and law,
        Judaism and customs,
        Judaism and women, etc.

  • Browsing: Location and Call Numbers for browsing the shelves for books on Judaism
    are 2 South BM 1-BM 990 (circulating books) or 2 North Reference BM 1-BM 990.

    Historical parts of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch (Torah) and commentaries
    are located on 2 South BS 1221-BS 1225.

  • Juvenile Collection: Materials for children can be found by searching the topic
    Judaism in Advanced Keyword and limiting the search to the LOCATION
    Juvenile Fiction/Nonfiction.
  
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GENERAL
Beliefnet/Judaism   http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10005.html
Biblical and Judaic Acronyms  Ref DS 102.8 M37
Chabad-Lubavitch http://www.chabad.org/
Dictionary of Jewish Biography Ref DS 115. W49 1991
Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. vol 1-2.
    Ref BM 50 D525 1996
Encyclopaedia Judaica  Ref DS 102.8 E5
The Encyclopedia of Judaism vol 1-3 Ref BM 50 E63 1999
Encyclopedia of Judaism  Ref BM 50 E63 1989
Encyclopedia of Religion vol 1-16   Ref BL 31 E46 1987
Exploring Religions: Judism(Univ of Wyoming)
     http://uwacadweb.uwyo.edu/religionet/er/judaism/index.htm
Gateway to Judaism vol 1-2  Ref BM 570 S57
H-Judaic: Jewish Studies Network   http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~judaic/
Historical Dictionary of Judaism  Ref BM 50 S65 1998
Internet Resources for Jewish Studies
    http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/jew/internet.htm#judaism
JewishEncyclopedia.com
     http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp
The Jewish Religion: a Companion  Ref BM 50 J28 1995
Judaism 101  http://www.jewfaq.org/
Judaism and Jewish Resources   http://www.shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
MavenSearch: Judaism  http://www.maven.co.il/subjects.asp?S=111
Middle East and Jewish Studies/Judaism -Columbia Univ.
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Judaism.html
Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC)-Judaism
    http://menic.utexas.edu/
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia  Ref DS 102.8 S73 1992
Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls  http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion  Ref BM 50 O94 1997
RAMBI: Index to Articles on Jewish Studies   http://libnet1.ac.il/~libnet/rmb/rmb.htm
Reader's Guide to Judaism  Ref BM 50 R43 2000
Religious Worlds/Jewish Tradition(s)
    http://www.religiousworlds.com/jewish.html
Shamash: The Jewish Network  http://shamash.org/
Virtual Jerusalem/Judaism  http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/judaism/judaism.php
Virtual Religion Index: Jewish Studies      http://virtualreligion.net/vri/judaic.html
Wabash Center: select various topics
     http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/guide_headings.aspx
Yahoo Directory: Judaism
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Judaism/
Yahoo Directory: Messianic Judaism
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_Practices/Messianic_Judaism/
  
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SACRED TEXTS, COMMENTARIES, CONCORDANCES
Print copies of the Talmud, Torah, Mishnah and commentaries are located on
2 South 499-506. Historical parts of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch (Torah)
and commentaries are located on 2 South BS 1221-BS 1225.

A Concordance to the Septuagint and the Other Greek Versions of the Old Testament
    (including the Apocryphal books) vol 1-2  Ref BS 1122 H3 1954
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls vol 1-2  Ref BM 487 E53 2000
An Expanded Hebrew Index for the Hatch-Redpath Concordance to the Septuagint
    Ref BS 1122 H3 INDEX
The Hebrew-English Old Testament  Ref BS 715 1705
Hebrew Text of the Tanach  http://shamash.org//tanach/text.html
The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text  Ref BS 895 J4 1959
Internet Sacred Texts Archive  http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm
Otsar leshon ha-Mishnah, sefer ha-mit‘imot-konkor dantsiah le-shishah sidrai mishnah.
    Me-ha-dorah mitukenet alyadai ha-meh?aber ve-al yadai be-nu Mosheh
     (Thesaurus Mishnae) vol 1-4  Ref BM 500.5 K32
Navigating the Bible  http://www.bible.ort.org/default.asp
The Septuagint Bible, the oldest version of the Old Testament  Ref BS 742 T42 1954
Scrolls from the Dead Sea (Library of Congress)  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/toc.html
Subject Concordance to the Babylonian Talmud  Ref BM 500.5 G6
The Talmud: the Steinsaltz Edition  Ref BM 502.5 S74 1989
Tanach Divrei Torah -- Commentaries  http://shamash.org/tanach/dvar.shtml
Tanach Study Center http://www.tanach.org/
TorahNet.com   http://www.torah.net/eng/index.htm
Torah.org  http://www.torah.org
  
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KABBALAH
 Judaism 101: Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism  http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm
Kabbalah Links  http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/Kabb_links.htm
Kabbalah Center  http://www.kabbalah.com/kabbalah/?cid=quigo
Kabbalah FAQ  http://www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/faq.htm
Wisdom of Kabbalah  http://www.kabbalah.info/
  
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DATABASES & INDEXES
 Unless noted otherwise; electronic indexes are restricted to CSUS students, faculty, and staff. Instructions for off-campus access are available at Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources

 Print Indexes & Bibliographies
  • An Index to English Periodical Literature on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies vol 1-8  Ref BSZ 7772 A1 H86 1987
  • Jewish Folklore: an Annotated Bibliography  Ref GRZ 6374 F6 Y37 1986
  • Judaism and Christianity: a Guide to the Reference Literature   Ref BMZ 6370 S78 1991
  • Religion Index One: Periodicals  2 North Index Area BLZ 7753 A5 (1949-2001)
  • Religious and Theological Abstracts  2 North Index Area BRZ 7753 R4 (1958-current)
  • Humanities Index  2 North Index Area AI 3 R492 (1974/75-1999)
  • Religion and Society in North America: An Annotated Bibliography
    Ref BLZ 7831 R44 1983
Databases (Electronic Indexes)
  
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JOURNALS
  
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Questions/comments to:  Ben Amata, , Reference Librarian; CSU, Sacramento
updated 11/07