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HEBREW
LITERATURE
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Academy of the
Hebrew Language |
| The Academy of the
Hebrew Language prescribes standards for modern Hebrew grammar, orthography,
transliteration and punctuation based on the study of Hebrew's historical
development. The Academy has three goals: 1. To investigate and compile the
Hebrew lexicon according to its historical strata and layers. 2. The study
of the structure, history and offshoots of the Hebrew language. 3. To direct
the development of Hebrew in the light of its nature, requirements and
potential works. The Academy splits its work into three sections; the
scientific secretarial, the Historical dictionary and the computer section.
The website gives a lot of information on the Academy itself and so is not
particularly useful for general Hebrew learning. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
The Academy of the Hebrew Language |
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Language(s) |
English, Hebrew |
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Level |
BA, MA, PhD,
Scholarly |
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Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://hebrew-academy.huji.ac.il/english.html |
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Comments |
The majority of the site is in Hebrew |
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Hebrew Books |
| Hebrew Books is a
site which was founded in order to preserve old Hebrew books that are out of
print and/or circulation. The site allows you to view and print a the wide
range of Sefer online. The site is all free as it aims simply to bring to
life forgotten Seforim and the lives and works of the Rabbi's who composed
them. The site contains 1,280 Seforim and 788 Journals as well as
Bibliographies and even Torah moon observance. Primary Sources:
Avne Yehoshua (first Sefer written in the US), The Titanic and the
Prohibition Shailah and Teshuva. Secondary Sources: Journals include
Kol Yerushalayim, Degel Israel, Hakriah Vehakedusha, Ha Pardes, Kerem, Idno
and Asefat Chachamim. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
The Micheal Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva
University Press |
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Language(s) |
English, Hebrew |
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Level |
A-Level, BA, MA, PhD,
Scholarly |
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Multimedia |
Audio |
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Address |
www.hebrewbooks.org |
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Institute for Translation of
Hebrew Literature |
| Because Israel has a rich and
rapidly evolving literary culture the Institute for translation of Hebrew
Literature aims to acquaint foreign readers with the best of modern Hebrew
literature. Only Hebrew texts of high literary standards are translated and
are done so into 64 different languages. The website gives information
and links about the Modern Hebrew literature, Anthologies, Bibliographies
and Catalogues that it has translated
. The site also translates children's books and publishes interviews
with the authors.
Primary Sources: Interviews with writers Tamar Bergman, Raya Harnik and
Dorit Orgad. Yone Teppe, Ruth Almog and Ami Gedalia discuss their lives as
writers. Many Thrillers online including 'Lost and Found' by Uri
Adelman Secondary Sources: 'Lives in Disguise' edited by
Gershon Shaked. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
Institute for Translation of
Hebrew Literature |
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Language(s) |
English, Hebrew |
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Level |
A-level, BA, MA, PhD, Scholarly |
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Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://www.ithl.org.il/mainpage.html |
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Comments |
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National Centre for the Hebrew Language |
| The National Centre for the
Hebrew Language claim themselves as the 'advocate for the Hebrew language'.
The NCHL believe that the Hebrew language serves the interests of a great
variety of enterprises in Jewish life and helps to bring unity among Jews.
The website includes many different ways and methods to help with the study
of Hebrew. Words, roots, Hebrew life, letters and a Resource centre are all
aspects of this site. New information is placed on it daily including the
headlines which are published in Hebrew. Primary Sources:
Theodore Herzl's Old New Land Secondary Sources:
Discussions by Joseph Lowin on 'Like the Interior Walls of a House'
by Yehudah Amichai, 'The Garden' by Moses Ibn Ezra, 'The Akedah and
National Destiny' from Haim Gouri's 'Inheritance' more discussions
are available on the site. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
None |
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Language(s) |
English , Hebrew |
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Level |
GCSE, A-level, BA, MA, PhD,
Scholarly |
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Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://www.ivrit.org/ |
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Comments |
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Rambi |
| Rambi is an Index of Articles of
Jewish Studies. The website is a selective bibliography of articles in the
various field of Jewish studies and the study of Eretz Israel. Articles
included are from periodicals and collections of articles which are all
based on or contain important information about scientific research.
The site includes many different sources including early Hebrew newspapers
and ancient maps. Secondary Sources: There are vast amounts of
articles but some included are 'About the Jewish Identity of the
Beta Israel' by Amaleletch Teferi, 'The 70 CE Temple Mount
Conflagratio: First Scientific Evidence' by Aryeh E. Shimron and '1890's
Zionism Reconsidered: Joseph Marco Baruch' by Paula Daccarett. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
The Jewish National and
University Library |
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Language(s) |
Hebrew, Yiddish, Many European
Languages |
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Level |
BA, MA, PhD, Scholarly |
Updated |
Frequently |
Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://jnul.huji.ac.il/rambi/ |
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Comments |
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Seforim |
| This site has medieval and
modern Jewish works. This site is 'dedicated to making old seforim of
Rishonim and Acharonim available over the internet'. The site contains
different articles, commentaries, biographies and other works. These works
are all quite different and range from being kabbalistic, philosophic and
halakhic. Primary Sources: Sefer include- Sefer Beer Ha Golah,
Emunos Ve Deous by Rav Saadiah Gaon, The Biography Rashi by
Maurice Liber, Yerushalmi Berachos with the Perush of Rabeinu Shlomo
Bechor Yosef Sirillo and Rosh Amanah by R' Don Yitzchzk Abarbanel. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
None |
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Language(s) |
English/ Hebrew |
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Level |
BA, MA, PhD, Scholarly |
Updated |
Infrequently |
Multimedia |
Audio |
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Address |
http://www.seforimonline.org/seforim.html |
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Comments |
Many works in Acrobat, reader
format |
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Shamash-Hebrew
text of the Tanach |
| 'Shamash strives to
be the highest quality central point of Jewish information and discussion on
the internet. Shamash serves the full spectrum of Jewish religious,
educational, cultural, communal and social service organisations interested
in utilizing new electronic technologies to share information and deliver
service to the Jewish Community world wide'. This site contains four main
versions of the Tanach- L' Chaim text, BHS Tanach, Chumach and Steve Gross's
transliterated Tanach in English.
Primary Sources: The 1917 Jewish Publication Society English Translation
of the Tanach, Talmud Bavli, Talmud Yerushalmi, The Tanach by Aleppo Codex
and a version by Steve Gross, Masoretic text of the Chumash. |
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Institutional Affiliation |
Hebrew College |
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Language(s) |
English, Hebrew |
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Level |
GCSE, A-Level, BA,
MA, PhD, |
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Frequently |
Multimedia |
None |
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Address |
http://www.shamash.org/tanach/text.shtml |
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Comments |
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Virtual Geula |
| The virtual Geula is
the personal book finder for Jewish Books. The site also lists most of the
new seforim appearing in Israel. The site is highly linked with the Judica
Archival Project. The site also links to software, directories, magazines
and tape libraries. The sites main function is as a search engine for Jewish
books and is able to locate rare and out of date books.
Primary Sources: include: Ayelet Ha Shahar, The Complete List of
Seforim from Ha Gaon HaRav Aaron Leb Steinman Shlit''a and Yashivltzchak,
The Books of Rabbi Itzchak Schechter Shlit''a. Secondary Sources:
Audio Library includes: Mishnat Haim (Complete Mishna) and Rabbi Yehuda
Gamliel (Yemenite Baal Korei) |
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Institutional Affiliation |
Shulchan Aruch Learning Project |
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Language(s) |
English, Hebrew |
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Level |
A-Level, BA, MA, PhD,
Scholarly |
Updated |
Frequently |
Multimedia |
Audio |
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Address |
www.virtualgeula.com |
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Comments |
May need to register to access the texts |
Centre
for Jewish Studies, Department of Religions & Theology
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Web www.mucjs.org Tel 0161 2753614
Email cjs@man.ac.uk
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