{"id":2328,"date":"2015-10-01T08:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T08:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2015-10-01T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T08:38:01","slug":"divinity-approaches-to-research-resources-for-jewish-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/2015\/10\/01\/divinity-approaches-to-research-resources-for-jewish-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Divinity Approaches to Research &#8211; Resources for Jewish Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2329\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2015\/09\/Dal-Chr-58a.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2329\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2329\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2015\/09\/Dal-Chr-58a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Image from Seder T\u0323ohorot Mishnayot mi-Seder Kodashim im perush - Commentary by Maimonides. New College Library Dal-Chr 58a\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2015\/09\/Dal-Chr-58a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2015\/09\/Dal-Chr-58a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2015\/09\/Dal-Chr-58a-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Seder T\u0323ohorot Mishnayot mi-Seder Kodashim im perush &#8211; Commentary by Maimonides. New College Library Dal-Chr 58a<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jewish sacred texts, biblical scholarship and devotional works in Hebrew can be discovered throughout New College Library\u2019s Special Collections.<!--more--> The study of Biblical languages to allow first hand engagement with Biblical texts has always been a feature of the New College curriculum, meaning our historic collections\u00a0include dictionaries, language primers and textual commentaries in Hebrew and other ancient languages\u00a0from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.<\/p>\n<p>New College Library holds modern\u00a0book collections to support the current courses and research by the School of Divinity in Judaism and Jewish Studies. A\u00a0range of online resources is also available, such as Encyclopaedia Judaica, Context of Scripture Online and the\u00a0ATLA Religion Database.<br \/>\nFor a fuller introduction to the available library resources for\u00a0Jewish Studies\u00a0at the University of Edinburgh, please see the Subject Guide for\u00a0Divinity at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/divinity\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/divinity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s question for Divinity postgraduate students on the Divinity Approaches to Research course is :<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAt what shelfmark would you find the print edition of the <em>Journal of Modern Jewish Studies <\/em>at\u00a0New College Library? Use <a href=\"http:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">DiscoverEd <\/span><\/a>to help you find the answer, or come into New College Library to explore\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Example : BJ is the shelfmark for Ethics]<\/p>\n<p>Tweet me your answer at NewCollegeLibrarian@cloverodgers or email me on Christine.Love-Rodgers@ed.ac.uk.<\/p>\n<p>Questions are also posted on the Learn course for <em>Approaches to Research<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A winner will be drawn on Friday 2 Oct from all correct answers received and they will receive a mystery prize!<\/p>\n<p><em>Christine Love-Rodgers &#8211; Academic Support Librarian, Divinity<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish sacred texts, biblical scholarship and devotional works in Hebrew can be discovered throughout New College Library\u2019s Special Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11,199],"tags":[57,107,112,131],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42UaT-By","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}