Jewish Studies

This article includes the following categories: (1) works written by Jews on Jewish themes in any language; (2) works of a literary character written by Jews in Hebrew or Yiddish or other recognized languages, whatever the theme; (3) literary works written by writers who were essentially Jewish writers, whatever the theme and whatever the language. It covers the subject up to the threshold of the modern period.

Oxford Bibliographies: Jewish Studies offers expert guidance through its carefully selected articles that break down subject areas into their component parts and annotations that summarize the main contribution of each citation. Articles on literature include Yiddish literature before 1800, Hellenistic Jewish literature, Holocaust literature, Latin American Jewish literature, rabbinic literature, and modern Hebrew-language literature.

Prooftexts is a journal of Jewish literary studies. It brings together the study of modern Jewish literatures (in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages) with the literary study of the Jewish classical tradition as a whole. The most recent three years are not available due to publisher restrictions.