The Jewish Experience at Harvard: Historical Sources

The Harvard Library has acquired Hebrew texts for study by faculty and students since the 17^th century. The Library now holds extensive collections of Judaica supporting a broad range of scholarship.

• Berlin, Charles. “The History of the Harvard Judaica Collection” in Harvard Judaica in the 21st century (Harvard Library, 2014)
• Harvard Library Judaica Collection
• Judaica at the Andover Harvard Library, Harvard Divinity School

For an historical review of the study of Hebrew at Harvard, see:

• Meyer, Isidore S. “Hebrew at Harvard (1636-1760); a Résumé of Information in Recent Publications” in Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, vol. 35, 1939, p. 145. Available online (requires login).