Jewish Studies Resources 

Collections

   The Princeton University Library collects extensively in the area of Jewish studies. The collection's strengths in western languages lie in the areas of history, religion, literature, politics, and philosophy.  The Library coordinates its acquisitions in the areas of the ancient Near East and Bible with the Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

   In addition to the collection of monographs and serials in western languages, the Library also acquires Hebrew language material comprehensively.   At present, the Library houses over 38,805 Hebrew monographs, and over 400 serials.  Hebrew works published in Israel and the U.S. in the following areas are collected:   Rabbinics, responsa, liturgy, Jewish history, Biblical archaeology, Hebrew language & literature, Bible, Talmud, Israeli and Middle East politics, Jewish philosophy, and other scholarly titles in the humanities and the social sciences relating to Jewish life and culture.

Location of Collections

   The Hebrew language holdings have recently been moved to the C Floor of Firestone Library. Western language material in Jewish studies is also in Firestone Library; access is restricted. Please consult Firestone Library's Access policy.

Jewish Studies at Princeton University

   The Library's Jewish studies collection supports the research of students and faculty in the Near Eastern Studies Department, and the Program in Judaic Studies, as well as the following departments or programs: Classics, English, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, History, Medieval Studies, Sociology, Religion, Germanic languages and literatures, Woodrow Wilson School, and Women's Studies.

   Students who enroll in the Judaic Studies Program explore aspects of Jewish history, religion, literature, thought, society, politics and culture from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The program sponsors both a core course and an upper-level seminar and draws the rest of its offerings from various departments.

Jewish Studies Library Staff: SEE Staff Information (right side box)

• Main Catalog (includes journal titles)
• Supplementary Catalog (pre-1980)
• Hebrew Cataloging   PUL's cataloging documentation, including:  Chapters of the Talmud, Hebrew Abbreviations, Hebrew Transliteration Table, Hebrew Diacritics

• Jewish History Bibliography
• Jewish Studies Bibliography
• Catalogs of Resources for Jewish Studies
• Hebrew language and Literature Bibliography
• Israel: Selected Bibliographies
• Documentary Sources on Israel

• Bar Ilan's Judaic library.  Global Jewish Database; Responsa Database (Bible, Talmud,
  Responsa Literature in Hebrew.)  (located in Trustee Reading Room, main floor of Firestone Library)
• The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book 1473-1960: A Bibliography of all Printed Hebrew Language Books before 1960  (located in Trustee Reading Room, main floor of Firestone Library)
• Encyclopedia Judaica  (located in Trustee Reading Room, main floor of Firestone Library)
• The Henkind Talmud Text Databank (Full-text CD-ROM of the Babylonian Talmud)
  latest version on order for Trustee Reading Room, main floor of Firestone Library)
• Electronic Journals (including full-text of American Jewish History and Modern Judaism, 1996+)

• Center for Jewish Life Homepage
• Near Eastern Studies Department
• Program in Judaic Studies 
• Princeton Geniza Project
• Princeton University Home Page
• Princeton University Library Home Page

James Weinberger 

jwwein@princeton.edu
Curator of the Near East Collections
B-15-P Firestone Library
(609) 258-3279

Hebrew and Near Eastern Language Cataloger

Rachel Simon

rsimon@princeton.edu
Cataloger, 2-6-H Firestone Library
(609) 258-3208

Special Collections Assistant

Azar Ashraf