Research Guides: Jewish Studies: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionaries

Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, rev. ed., REF PJ4833 .A42 1974. Print.

Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion (via Oxford Reference Online), Available online, and print at REF BM50. J39 1999t

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History, CS3010.K28. Print.

Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E., REF BM50.D525 1996 (2 vols). Print.

History of the Holocaust: a handbook and dictionary, D804.3.E33t 1994. Print

A Modern Hebrew Dictionary. Free, online.

Modern English-Hebrew Dictionary, PJ4833.Z57 2002 (one copy in REF, one in the stacks). Print.

Political Dictionary of Israel, REF DS126.5.R385 2000. Print.

Provides short entries to the political life of Israel with coverage of contemporary political and policy issues.

Cambridge History of Judaism. Online, multiple volumes.

Encyclopaedia Judaica: "Offers a comprehensive view of world Jewry in about 25,000 articles by an international list of contributors".