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Jewish Studies Resources: Home

Guide to scholarly resources in selected areas of Jewish Studies, with an emphasis on resources available through the MSU Libraries.

Online Reference from MSU Libraries

Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online This link opens in a new window
Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries This link opens in a new window

Online Reference: Open Access

The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women
YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Holocaust Encyclopedia
from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Jewish English Lexicon

Reference Books

The Cambridge guide to Jewish history, religion, and culture by Judith R. Baskin and Kenneth Seeskin, eds.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY BM155.3 .C25 2010
see also Reader's Guide to Judaism BM50 .R43 2000 and Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies BM70 .O95 2002
Back to the sources : reading the classic Jewish texts by Barry W. Holtz, ed.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY BM496.5 .B33 1984
Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora: origins, experiences, and culture by M. Avrum Ehrlich, ed.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY DS115 .E47 2009
Medieval Jewish civilization : an encyclopedia by Norman Roth, ed.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY DS124 .M386 2003
Encyclopedia of American Jewish history by Stephen H. Norwood and Eunice G. Pollack, eds.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY E184.35 .E53 2008
see also American Jewish Desk Reference E184.35 .A44 1999
Jewish women in America : an historical encyclopedia by Paula E. Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore, eds.; sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY DS115.2 .J49 1998
The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust by Israel Gutman, ed.
Call Number: MSU REFERENCE, 1 CENTER D804.3 .E53 1990
Jewish writers of the twentieth century by Sorrel Kerbel, ed.
Call Number: MSU MAIN LIBRARY PN842 .J48 2003
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Call Number: AREA STUDIES REFERENCE DS102.8 .E54
Publication Date: 1972
Original edition.

Maps and Atlases

The Routledge atlas of Jewish history by Martin Gilbert/8th ed. 2010
Call Number: MSU MAP LIB SHORT ATLAS 3 WEST G1030 .G46 2010
Historical atlas of the Holocaust by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Call Number: MSU MAP LIB SHORT ATLAS 3 WEST G1797.21.E29 H5 1996
The Routledge atlas of the Arab-Israeli conflict by Martin Gilbert/10th ed. 2012
Call Number: MSU MAP LIB SHORT ATLAS 3 WEST G2236.S1 G52 2012

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Deborah Margolis

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Subjects: Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Religion