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I asked a number of months back if there were any plans to have an encyclopedia judaica module for Accordance. If I remember correctly the answer was no because it would be a massive project that would halt a bunch of others and that a suitable module covering similar material was being sought. In view of the recent announcement of the 2d edition of Encyclopedia Judaica, I was wondering if there has been any progress in this regard. Will there be a way to read about Maimonedes in Accordance soon, or will I still have to rely on the internet B)

 

Danny

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The publisher of the Encyclopedia Judaica (Thomson-Gale) has no plans to license an electronic version - in fact, they seem completely uninterested in doing so. The are selling it in an eBook format (for 10% more than the printed edition), which gives the buyer access to a password protected web site.

 

RK

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Actually we are pursuing this material again, wondering how much interest there will be.

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Encyclopedia Judaica would be an outstanding addition to Accordance.

 

Does OakTree have the resources to dedicate toward its development?

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Helen, are there other options that you are considering?

 

Although I am one who has said this resource would be great, it is massive and would slow down other projects I imagine. On reflecting on this, I also realize that much of the encyclopedia Judaica material would fall out of the area that Accordance is concentrated on, in that it covers Judaism up to the 20th century. I would imagine that Accordance users need for it would focus on the early centuries and articles related to the mishna and early Rabbinic literature. But I may be wrong.

 

Having said that, it would be an incredible resource to have on Accordance, but I imagine it would take a lot of work.

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I would be interested.

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+1 for Encyclopedia Judaica, or another Jewish Encyclopedia.

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I'd love to see this in Accordance too, if we can come to terms with the publisher. I still have it as an electronic version that I run in a Windows XP virtual machine. 

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… I still have it as an electronic version that I run in a Windows XP virtual machine. 

 

I'm glad to see that I am not the only one to keep access to old resources by using a Windows XP virtual machine, though I must admit that current versions of WINE are getting so much better that I have reduced my dependency on the virtual machine. Here is an old saying in a new framework: Old software never dies, it just virtualizes.

 

Shalom,

Joseph

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Yes, thank you Helen.  I'm potentially interested in any and all Jewish resources, and I think I've now acquired essentially everything Accordance offers.  (I'm so grateful for these tools).  I saw that a competitor has a one of the multi-volume Jewish encyclopedias, and I also have them electronically on Windows, as Mark said above, but I would love to see them integrated into Accordance.

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I join the above statement. 

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Reviving this thread to see if there is still interest in this one. Since it's Public Domain, I wonder if it'd make a good User Tool.

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