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General Resources
State of the art interactive
encyclopedia offers free online access to an impressive collection of
multimedia exhibits of Jewish culture & history including the
Bible & archaeology,
Hebrew Bible,
Dead Sea scrolls,
the Greco-Roman period,
Jewish
mysticism, the
promised land, American Judaism, &
Jewish festivals.
Solomon Schechter's influential
1897 essay on the traditional sources of Jewish belief (Internet
Sacred Text Archive).
Extensive selection of important papers by the
late pioneer of Jewish
political thought features seminal works on the
idea
of covenant, biblical
studies, Jewish community,
Israel-Diaspora relations,
& religion in Israeli
society [posted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs].
Paul Halsall's extensive list of links to
electronic resources for historical research (Fordham U).
Rabbi Moshe Zauderer offers free courses on
biblical studies, holidays & ethics (from Jerusalem).
Well-organized gateway to websites
on topics of interest to Jews includes pages on the
academic
study of Judaism,
anti-Semitism,
Torah
portions,
Hebrew
language,
Jewish
history, the
holocaust,
&
mysticism.
Electronic encyclopedia with lucid articles on
Jewish history,
biography,
religion
& politics;
features a
virtual
Israel experience & graphic section on
Judaic
treasures in the Library of Congress (developed by the American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise).
Tracey Rich maintains a well-organized
encyclopedia of basic information on Judaism in several formats. Includes
pages on Jewish beliefs
about G-d &
human
nature, movements
within Judaism, attitudes toward non-Jews,
the role of women,
major sages,
Hebrew
words, divine
names, Torah,
halakhah,
& the 613
commandments.
Torrey Seland's comprehensive list of links to
on-line materials related to the 1st c. CE Jewish Platonist.
Website of the extensive collection of historic
materials from the genizah of Cairo's 1000 year old Ben Ezra synagogue at the
library of Cambridge U. provides an illustrated introduction to the project,
with clickable images of important documents (such as the
"Zadokite"
fragments, the
Wisdom
of ben Sira, letters signed by
Moses
Maimonides) as well as an
e-newsletter
and access to
Cambridge's Digital Library of the almost 3000 genizah fragments.
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