Reli 237

Selected Resources for

RELI 237--Judaism
February 17, 2009
Gail Egbers
535-8869 egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS: Our online library catalog provides access to the materials in our library. Some relevant topics include:

Jews—History

Zionism

Arab-Israeli conflict
Israel--Politics and government
Judaism--Relations—Christianity
Jews in literature
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Judaism – History
Orthodox Judaism
Tradition (Judaism)

Find other books by using WorldCat (via library home page)

PERIODICALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers. Following are some indexes you might want to use for this project:

    •   ATLA (via EBSCO)
    •   Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (via EBSCO)
    •   Religion and Philosophy Collection (via EBSCO)
    •   Religious & Theological Abstracts (via PLU Library Homepage)

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need. Journals at PLU will also help you locate full-text journals online.

REFERENCE TOOLS

Anchor Bible Dictionary (REF BS440.A54 1992)
Atlas of modern Jewish history (ATLAS G1030.F6513 1990)

Blackwell companion to Jewish culture : from the eighteenth century to the present (ref. DS102.8.B46 1989)
Dictionary of Judaism in the biblical period : 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E. (ref. BM50.D525 1996)
Encyclopaedia Judaica (REF DS102.8.E496 2007)
Encyclopedia Of American Synagogue Ritual (ref. BM660.O43 2000)
Encyclopedia of Jewish history : events and eras of the Jewish people (ref. DS118.E465 1986b)
Encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust (ref. DS135.E8E45 2001)
Encyclopedia of Jewish myth, magic and mysticism (REF BM723.D46 2007)
Encyclopedia of Judaism (ref. BM50.E63 1999)
Encyclopedia of religion and nature (REF BL31.E465x 2005)
Encyclopedia of religious and spiritual development (REF BV4571.3.E53 2006)
Encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics (REF Q175.35.E53 2005)
Encyclopedia of women and religion in North America (REF BL458.E52 2006)
Historical atlas of Jerusalem (ATLAS G2239.J4S1B4 2002)
Historical atlas of the Jewish people : from the time of the patriarchs to the present (ref. DS117.J8513 1992)
Historical dictionary of Judaism (ref. BM50.S65 1998)
Historical dictionary of Palestine (ref. DS102.8.N397 1997)
Holocaust literature : an encyclopedia of writers and their work (REF PN56.H55H66 2003)
Jewish holidays : a guide and commentary (ref. BM690.S76 1985)
JPS dictionary of Jewish words (ref. BM50.E47 2001)
Marriage customs of the world : from henna to honeymoons (REF GT2690.M65 2004)
New encyclopedia of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land (ref. DS111.A2N488 1993)
New encyclopedia of Judaism (ref. BM50.E63 2002)
Oxford dictionary of the Jewish religion (ref. BM50.O94 1997)
Political dictionary of Israel (ref. DS126.5.R385 2000)
Routledge atlas of Jewish history (REF G1030.G46 2003)
Routledge Religious Reference Resources Online (http://www.reference.routledge.com/subscriber/uid=12719/advanced_search?authstatuscode=202)
Science, religion, and society : an encyclopedia of history, culture, and controversy (REF BL240.3.S37 2007)
Who’s who in the Jewish Bible (REF BS570.M36 2007)

INTERNET RESOURCES
Choose your Internet sites careful. Here are some tips on evaluating websites: http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet. Some good sites are:

Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory (http://www.jewish-studies.com/)
Jerusalem 3000 (http://www.usm.maine.edu/~maps/exhibit1/)
Jewish Encyclopedia (http://jewishencyclopedia.com)
Jewish Virtual Library (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/)
Judaism (http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/index.htm)
Judaism and Jewish Resources (http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html)
Ketubbot Collection (http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/ketubbot/)
PLU's Torah (http://news.plu.edu/files-dev/galleries/2008-11-24Torah/index.html)
Texts of Judaism (http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm)
United States Holocaust Museum (http://www.ushmm.org/)

BEYOND PLU
PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.   We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:

•   Northwest University
•   St. Martin's University
•   University of Puget Sound
•   Seattle Pacific University
•   Seattle University

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.

If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance. My office hours are Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

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