The Jewish Encyclopedia
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1901-1906 work edited by Singer
Key facts
- Editor
- Isidore Singer
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Publication date
- between 1901 and 1906
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JewishEncyclopedia.com
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.
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Isidore Singer
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- Funk & Wagnalls
- Main subject
- Jewish studies
- Movement
- Wissenschaft des Judentums
- Official website
- jewishencyclopedia.com
- Image
- Jewish Encyclopedia Cover Page (cropped).jpg
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- title
- The Jewish encyclopedia
- work available at URL
- www.jewishencyclopedia.com
- language of work or name
- Czech
- place of publication
- New York City
- subtitle
- A descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day.
- editor
- Isidore Singer
- topic has template
- Template:Jewish Encyclopedia
- form of creative work
- encyclopedia
- Commons category
- Jewish Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century. The encyclopedia's managing editor was Isidore Singer and the editorial board was chaired by Isaac K. Funk and Frank H. Vizetelly.
The work's scholarship is still highly regarded. The American Jewish Archives deemed it "the most monumental Jewish scientific work of modern times", and Rabbi Joshua L. Segal said "for events prior to 1900, it is considered to offer a level of scholarship superior to either of the more recent Jewish encyclopedias written in English."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Jewish Encyclopedia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.