Jewish Encyclopedia

https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com

This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public domain, contains over 15,000 articles and illustrations.

This online version contains the unedited contents of the original encyclopedia. Since the original work was completed almost 100 years ago, it does not cover a significant portion of modern Jewish History (e.g., the creation of Israel, the Holocaust, etc.). However, it does contain an incredible amount of information that is remarkably relevant today.

Synopsis II. Literature.

• 1. The Old Testament: History of the Canon; Masorah; history of Bible exegesis among Jews and Christians from Talmudical times; translations of the Bible; Bible concordances and dictionaries; Biblical chronology.
• 2. Hellenistic Literature: Apocrypha, Apocalyptic and Pseudepigraphic Literature; New Testament in so far as it concerns Judaism.
• 3. Talmud and Midrash: Critical analysis of each treatise; Talmudical jurisprudence compared with Greek and Roman codes and modern law.
• 4. Rabbinical Literature: Commentaries and supercommentaries on Talmud and Midrash; codes of Law; Responsa, Casuistics.
• 5. Literature of the Middle Ages and Modern Times: Belles-Lettres; secular poetry of the medieval and modern ages; relation of Neo-Hebraic literature to the literature of the world.
• 6. Historical and Geographical Literature: Travels, etc.
• 7. Translations by Jews in the Middle Ages and in recent times.
• 8. Dialect-Literature: Ladino, Judæo-German, and Yiddish.
• 9. Periodical Literature; annuals; quarterlies; monthly, weekly, and daily papers; almanacs.
• 10. Hebrew Philology; history and principles of Hebrew Grammar and Lexicography; prosody.
• 11. Hebrew Bibliography; Paleography; Typography; Catalogues; History of Jewish libraries; History of Hebrew book-trade.
• 12. History of Jewish Learning and Education; the Academies; elementary Schools (ḥedarim); History of the Yeshibot and modern Rabbinical seminaries.