UWM Libraries Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed., 2003--Section II, Subject Collections, Hebrew Studies

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

HEBREW STUDIES

Academic Program

Undergraduate major and minor. M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature.

Hebrew language and literature, including poetry and drama; rabbinic literature; Yiddish language and literature; and Jewish civilization and culture. The Jewish Studies Certificate Program includes study of Jewish art, music, and theatre; Holocaust studies and anti-Semitism; and Israeli history and life

Collection Level

Advanced Study.

Collection Profile

The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for Hebrew studies:

BM (Judaism): General. History; Judaism and other religions; Judaism and special subjects (e.g., art, peace, science); Principles of Judaism. Selectively collected categories: Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature; Controversial works against the Jews. Jewish works against Christianity, Islam; Dogmatic Judaism (e.g., messiah, God, future life); Biography; Samaritans.

PJ (Oriental Languages and Literatures): Semitic philology; Hebrew. Selectively collected categories: East Semitic languages; West and North Semitic languages; Aramaic.

Languages

Hebrew, Yiddish, and English; other languages, including Greek, Latin, German, and Arabic, will have relevant materials.

Related Subject Collections

Anthropology, Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Study of Religion, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Political Science.

SUBJECT COLLECTIONS HEBREW STUDIES
Academic Program
	Undergraduate major and minor. M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature. Hebrew language and literature, including poetry and drama; rabbinic literature; Yiddish language and literature; and Jewish civilization and culture. The Jewish Studies Certificate Program includes study of Jewish art, music, and theatre; Holocaust studies and anti-Semitism; and Israeli history and life
Collection Level
	Advanced Study.
Collection Profile The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for Hebrew studies: BM (Judaism): General. History; Judaism and other religions; Judaism and special subjects (e.g., art, peace, science); Principles of Judaism. Selectively collected categories: Sources of Jewish religion. Rabbinical literature; Controversial works against the Jews. Jewish works against Christianity, Islam; Dogmatic Judaism (e.g., messiah, God, future life); Biography; Samaritans. PJ (Oriental Languages and Literatures): Semitic philology; Hebrew. Selectively collected categories: East Semitic languages; West and North Semitic languages; Aramaic.
Languages
	Hebrew, Yiddish, and English; other languages, including Greek, Latin, German, and Arabic, will have relevant materials.
Related Subject Collections
	Anthropology, Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Study of Religion, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Political Science.