Jewish Studies
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Research GuideSixteenth-Century Hebrew Books at the Library of Congress The flowering of Hebrew printing across 16th-century Europe and the Ottoman Empire is amply illustrated on the shelves of the Hebraic Section in the Library of Congress. This online guide provides greater access to these books.- Date: 2020-01-07
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Research GuideAfrican, Jewish, and Middle Eastern Studies: Digital Resources at the Library of Congress This research guide provides a compilation of primary and secondary source materials, reference works, free and subscription databases, recorded programs and more, selected by curators in the Library’s African and Middle Eastern Division.- Date: 2020-06-17
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Research GuideRare Illustrated Children's Books and Periodicals in Hebrew and Yiddish, 1900-1929 at the Library of Congress This guide showcases the sixty titles in this unique collection available to researchers in the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room. These little known materials reflect an era of unprecedented change in twentieth-century Jewish life and culture.- Date: 2021-09-24
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Research GuideHebrew Incunabula at the Library of Congress: A Short-Title List One of the crown jewels of the Library’s Hebraic collections, this set of thirty-seven Hebrew incunabula, or "cradle books" was printed in Italy and the Iberian Peninsula before the year 1501. This guide provides an inventory of these rare books.- Date: 2019-11-26