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Encyclopaedia Judaica

January 13, 2023

Not to be confused with The Jewish Encyclopedia.

The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 22-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people, Judaism, and Israel. It covers diverse areas of the Jewish world and civilization, including Jewish history of all eras, culture, holidays, language, scripture, and religious teachings. As of 2010, it had been published in two editions accompanied by a few revisions.

Encyclopaedia Judaica at Jerusalem International Book Fair (JIBF), 1969

The English-language Judaica was also published on CD-ROM. The CD-ROM version has been enhanced by at least 100,000 hyperlinks and several other features, including videos, slide shows, maps, music and Hebrew pronunciations. While the CD-ROM version is still available, the publisher has discontinued it.[1]

The encyclopedia was written by Israeli, American and European professional subject specialists.[2]

History

Preceding attempts

Between 1901 and 1906 The Jewish Encyclopedia had been published in 12 volumes.[3] It was followed by the Jüdisches Lexikon I–II (1927–28, in German), Encyclopaedia Judaica I–II (1927–28)[citation needed] and Zsidó Lexikon (1929, edited by Ujvári Péter, in Hungarian).[4]

An unfinished German-language Encyclopaedia Judaica was published by Nahum Goldmann's Eshkol Publishing Society in Berlin 1928–1934. The chief editors were Jakob Klatzkin and Ismar Elbogen. Ten volumes from Aach to Lyra appeared before the project halted due to Nazi persecutions.[5] Two Hebrew-language volumes A-Antipas, were also published under the title Eshkol (Hebrew: אשכול). A few of the articles from the German Judaica and even some of the reparations payments to Goldmann were used in making the English-language Judaica.

First edition

The English-language Encyclopaedia Judaica was first published from 1971–1972 in sixteen volumes, in Jerusalem by Keter Publishing House, and in New York City by the Macmillan Company. Between 1973 and 1991 eight "Yearbooks" were published (dated 1973, 1974, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1983–85, 1986–87, 1988–89, and 1990–91) along with two "Decennial" volumes dated 1973–1982 (also published as "Volume 17") and 1983–1992. Together these volumes contained more than 15 million words in over 25,000 articles.

Its general editors were, successively, Cecil Roth and Geoffrey Wigoder. Advertisers describe it as the result of about three decades of study and research by about 2,200 contributors and 250 editors around the world. Contributors included Gershom Scholem.

A Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian, launched in the early 1970s as an abridged translation of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, evolved into a largely independent publication that by late 2005 included eleven volumes and three supplements.[6] A number of editions of a version of the English Encyclopaedia for youth were also published.

Because of its comprehensive scope, authority, and widespread availability, the Encyclopaedia Judaica has been recommended by the Library of Congress and by the Association of Jewish Libraries for use in determining the authoritative romanization of names of Jewish authors. Its guidelines for transliterating Hebrew into English are followed by many academic books and journals.

The 1972 edition has generated both positive and negative reviews.[7]

The word Judaica is commonly used to refer to objects of Jewish art and Jewish ceremonial objects.

Second edition

In July 2003, Thomson Gale announced that it had acquired the rights to publish a second edition of Encyclopaedia Judaica, expecting to publish in December 2006 under one of its imprints, Macmillan Reference USA. The 22-volume work was published on December 30, 2006 and released in January 2007.

Gale has published other substantial revisions of major reference works in the field of religion in recent years, including second editions of The Encyclopedia of Religion and The New Catholic Encyclopedia. Together with original publishers Keter Publishing House, Gale has made major updates to many sections of Encyclopaedia Judaica for the new edition, including the entries on the Holocaust, American Jewry, Israel and others.

Fred Skolnik, who served as a co-editor on the original edition of Judaica, was retained as Editor-in-Chief for the 2nd edition. American Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum, adjunct professor of theology at the American Jewish University as well as director of its Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust, serves as the editor for the Holocaust and Americana sections of the encyclopedia and executive editor for the work at large. Judith Baskin, University of Oregon Judaic Studies department head, was brought on to supervise improvement of women's studies and gender issues coverage. In total, more than 50 divisional editors, including five winners of the Israel Prize, oversaw contributions from nearly 1,200 scholars and editors. The new edition contains more than 21,000 signed entries, including 2,600 brand-new entries and 12,000 changed entries.[5]

Online edition

As of 2019, some articles from Encyclopaedia Judaica have been published at Encyclopedia.com.[8] As of 2022 most of the entries of the 2007 Digital Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia are accessible by searching the Encyclopedia.com search engine directly.

Critical reception and awards

Reviews from library literature have been positive. Donald Altschiller of Boston University, writing in Choice, states that the second edition of Encyclopaedia Judaica "has already attained a secure place in the reference pantheon...Essential."[9] Barbara Bibel, writing in Booklist, calls the set "a welcome addition to reference collections."[10]

Dartmouth Medal

The second edition of the Encyclopaedia received a number of major awards for excellence, including the 2007 Dartmouth Medal from the American Library Association, the most prestigious award in the field of reference publishing."[11] In presenting the award, Edward Kownslar, the chairman of the Dartmouth Medal committee said: "This 22-volume set is an authoritative, interdisciplinary and comprehensive examination of all aspects of Jewish life, history and culture. This title is an extensive revision of the first edition, which was published in 1972, and has 2600 new entries. In addition to updating all world and political events affecting Jewish life and culture since the early 1970s, 'Judaica' has significantly enhanced biblical studies and the Holocaust from the first edition. This title has also expanded the area of women's studies."[12]

Other awards

The Encyclopaedia was also named in the "Best Reference 2007" list by the Library Journal,[13] and was added to the list of "Outstanding Reference Sources for Small and Medium-sized Libraries" by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association in 2008.[14]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Brill Academic Publishers 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine Note: There may be issues of compatibility with hardware and software. See user reviews [1]
  2. ^ . Gale. Macmillan Reference USA. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  3. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Zsidó Lexikon 2006-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b "Updated Judaica", Dateline World Jewry, World Jewish Congress Foundation, December 2006/January 2007
  6. ^ (in Russian) Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia based on The Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia (Краткая еврейская энциклопедия) published in Jerusalem in 1976–2005. The Society for Research on Jewish Communities in cooperation with The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  7. ^ Levy, David B. (2002). "The Making of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and the Jewish Encyclopedia". Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries.
  8. ^ "Taubes, Ḥayyim Ẓevi". Encyclopedia.com. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  9. ^ Altschiller, Donald (September 2007). "Encyclopaedia Judaica". Choice. Retrieved 2016-06-21. Subscription required; preview freely available.
  10. ^ Bibel, Barbara (2007-05-15). "Encyclopaedia Judaica. 2d ed". Booklist. 103 (18): 72.
  11. ^ . American Library Association. 2007-02-06. Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  12. ^ ALA RUSA Current Recipients[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Best Reference 2007 - 4/15/2008 - Library Journal 2008-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Outstanding Reference Sources": "2008 List". Reference and Users Services Association, Division of the American Library Association. Retrieved 2016-06-22.

Sources

  • Biella, Joan. "Authority Work in Ruritania". Proceedings of the 36th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 2001. In an instructive fantasy, a librarian establishes a work's author's name by using the Encyclopaedia Judaica according to accepted procedure.
  • Leiman, Shnayer. "The New Encyclopaedia Judaica: Some Preliminary Observations"
  • Levy, David B. "The Making of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and the Jewish Encyclopedia." Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, 2002. A review and comparison of these two encyclopedias as works of scholarship and as library information resources.
  • Thomson Gale Publishing. "", press release July 29, 2003, archived 18 May 2007, at Thomson Gale.

External links

  • Urim Publications: Encyclopaedia Judaica
  • GENERAL INTRODUCTION to the Encyclopaedia Judaica 2nd edition at Encyclopedia.com
  • Ephross, Peter, "New Encyclopaedia Judaica Hits Shelves", about the Second Edition. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 24 October 2006

January 13, 2023
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Not to be confused with The Jewish Encyclopedia The Encyclopaedia Judaica is a 22 volume English language encyclopedia of the Jewish people Judaism and Israel It covers diverse areas of the Jewish world and civilization including Jewish history of all eras culture holidays language scripture and religious teachings As of 2010 it had been published in two editions accompanied by a few revisions Encyclopaedia Judaica at Jerusalem International Book Fair JIBF 1969 The English language Judaica was also published on CD ROM The CD ROM version has been enhanced by at least 100 000 hyperlinks and several other features including videos slide shows maps music and Hebrew pronunciations While the CD ROM version is still available the publisher has discontinued it 1 The encyclopedia was written by Israeli American and European professional subject specialists 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Preceding attempts 1 2 First edition 1 3 Second edition 1 4 Online edition 2 Critical reception and awards 2 1 Dartmouth Medal 2 2 Other awards 3 References 3 1 Citations 3 2 Sources 4 External linksHistory EditPreceding attempts Edit Between 1901 and 1906 The Jewish Encyclopedia had been published in 12 volumes 3 It was followed by the Judisches Lexikon I II 1927 28 in German Encyclopaedia Judaica I II 1927 28 citation needed and Zsido Lexikon 1929 edited by Ujvari Peter in Hungarian 4 An unfinished German language Encyclopaedia Judaica was published by Nahum Goldmann s Eshkol Publishing Society in Berlin 1928 1934 The chief editors were Jakob Klatzkin and Ismar Elbogen Ten volumes from Aach to Lyra appeared before the project halted due to Nazi persecutions 5 Two Hebrew language volumes A Antipas were also published under the title Eshkol Hebrew אשכול A few of the articles from the German Judaica and even some of the reparations payments to Goldmann were used in making the English language Judaica First edition Edit The English language Encyclopaedia Judaica was first published from 1971 1972 in sixteen volumes in Jerusalem by Keter Publishing House and in New York City by the Macmillan Company Between 1973 and 1991 eight Yearbooks were published dated 1973 1974 1975 76 1977 78 1983 85 1986 87 1988 89 and 1990 91 along with two Decennial volumes dated 1973 1982 also published as Volume 17 and 1983 1992 Together these volumes contained more than 15 million words in over 25 000 articles Its general editors were successively Cecil Roth and Geoffrey Wigoder Advertisers describe it as the result of about three decades of study and research by about 2 200 contributors and 250 editors around the world Contributors included Gershom Scholem A Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia in Russian launched in the early 1970s as an abridged translation of the Encyclopaedia Judaica evolved into a largely independent publication that by late 2005 included eleven volumes and three supplements 6 A number of editions of a version of the English Encyclopaedia for youth were also published Because of its comprehensive scope authority and widespread availability the Encyclopaedia Judaica has been recommended by the Library of Congress and by the Association of Jewish Libraries for use in determining the authoritative romanization of names of Jewish authors Its guidelines for transliterating Hebrew into English are followed by many academic books and journals The 1972 edition has generated both positive and negative reviews 7 The word Judaica is commonly used to refer to objects of Jewish art and Jewish ceremonial objects Second edition Edit In July 2003 Thomson Gale announced that it had acquired the rights to publish a second edition of Encyclopaedia Judaica expecting to publish in December 2006 under one of its imprints Macmillan Reference USA The 22 volume work was published on December 30 2006 and released in January 2007 Gale has published other substantial revisions of major reference works in the field of religion in recent years including second editions of The Encyclopedia of Religion and The New Catholic Encyclopedia Together with original publishers Keter Publishing House Gale has made major updates to many sections of Encyclopaedia Judaica for the new edition including the entries on the Holocaust American Jewry Israel and others Fred Skolnik who served as a co editor on the original edition of Judaica was retained as Editor in Chief for the 2nd edition American Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum adjunct professor of theology at the American Jewish University as well as director of its Sigi Ziering Institute Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust serves as the editor for the Holocaust and Americana sections of the encyclopedia and executive editor for the work at large Judith Baskin University of Oregon Judaic Studies department head was brought on to supervise improvement of women s studies and gender issues coverage In total more than 50 divisional editors including five winners of the Israel Prize oversaw contributions from nearly 1 200 scholars and editors The new edition contains more than 21 000 signed entries including 2 600 brand new entries and 12 000 changed entries 5 Online edition Edit As of 2019 update some articles from Encyclopaedia Judaica have been published at Encyclopedia com 8 As of 2022 most of the entries of the 2007 Digital Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia are accessible by searching the Encyclopedia com search engine directly Critical reception and awards EditReviews from library literature have been positive Donald Altschiller of Boston University writing in Choice states that the second edition of Encyclopaedia Judaica has already attained a secure place in the reference pantheon Essential 9 Barbara Bibel writing in Booklist calls the set a welcome addition to reference collections 10 Dartmouth Medal Edit The second edition of the Encyclopaedia received a number of major awards for excellence including the 2007 Dartmouth Medal from the American Library Association the most prestigious award in the field of reference publishing 11 In presenting the award Edward Kownslar the chairman of the Dartmouth Medal committee said This 22 volume set is an authoritative interdisciplinary and comprehensive examination of all aspects of Jewish life history and culture This title is an extensive revision of the first edition which was published in 1972 and has 2600 new entries In addition to updating all world and political events affecting Jewish life and culture since the early 1970s Judaica has significantly enhanced biblical studies and the Holocaust from the first edition This title has also expanded the area of women s studies 12 Other awards Edit The Encyclopaedia was also named in the Best Reference 2007 list by the Library Journal 13 and was added to the list of Outstanding Reference Sources for Small and Medium sized Libraries by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association in 2008 14 References EditCitations Edit Brill Academic Publishers Archived 2010 02 27 at the Wayback Machine Note There may be issues of compatibility with hardware and software See user reviews 1 Encyclopaedia Judaica eBook version Gale Macmillan Reference USA Archived from the original on 19 September 2012 Retrieved 25 September 2013 Jewish Encyclopedia Zsido Lexikon Archived 2006 10 25 at the Wayback Machine a b Updated Judaica Dateline World Jewry World Jewish Congress Foundation December 2006 January 2007 in Russian Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia based on The Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia Kratkaya evrejskaya enciklopediya published in Jerusalem in 1976 2005 The Society for Research on Jewish Communities in cooperation with The Hebrew University Jerusalem Levy David B 2002 The Making of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and the Jewish Encyclopedia Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries Taubes Ḥayyim Ẓevi Encyclopedia com 6 December 2019 Retrieved 30 December 2019 Altschiller Donald September 2007 Encyclopaedia Judaica Choice Retrieved 2016 06 21 Subscription required preview freely available Bibel Barbara 2007 05 15 Encyclopaedia Judaica 2d ed Booklist 103 18 72 Encyclopaedia Judaica named recipient of the 2007 Dartmouth Medal American Library Association 2007 02 06 Archived from the original on 2007 05 18 Retrieved 2007 09 19 ALA RUSA Current Recipients permanent dead link Best Reference 2007 4 15 2008 Library Journal Archived 2008 05 08 at the Wayback Machine Outstanding Reference Sources 2008 List Reference and Users Services Association Division of the American Library Association Retrieved 2016 06 22 Sources Edit Biella Joan Authority Work in Ruritania Proceedings of the 36th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries 2001 In an instructive fantasy a librarian establishes a work s author s name by using the Encyclopaedia Judaica according to accepted procedure Leiman Shnayer The New Encyclopaedia Judaica Some Preliminary Observations Levy David B The Making of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and the Jewish Encyclopedia Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries 2002 A review and comparison of these two encyclopedias as works of scholarship and as library information resources Thomson Gale Publishing Gale Acquires a Cultural Treasure Gale to publish the Encyclopaedia Judaica first new edition in more than 30 years press release July 29 2003 archived 18 May 2007 at Thomson Gale External links EditUrim Publications Encyclopaedia Judaica GENERAL INTRODUCTION to the Encyclopaedia Judaica 2nd edition at Encyclopedia com Ephross Peter New Encyclopaedia Judaica Hits Shelves about the Second Edition Jewish Telegraphic Agency 24 October 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Encyclopaedia Judaica amp oldid 1121658696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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