The Bar Ilan University Responsa Project is now available online.
The Responsa Project is the world's largest electronic collection of Torah literature. Like its CD version, launched in 1991, the Online Responsa encompasses Jewish sources representing over three thousand years of Jewish literary heritage. It includes the Bible and its principal commentaries, the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud with commentaries, Midrashim, Zohar, Rambam, Shulchan Aruch with commentaries, and the collection of Responsa questions and answers on matters of Jewish law.
Bar Ilan R&D Company CEO Gaby Kenan said, "The Responsa Project is widely recognized as the leading database of its kind. We at the Bar Ilan R&D Company, after a thorough assessment, identified its commercial potential, and decided to extend it to the Internet. We found C.D.I. Systems the natural partner for this venture, recognizing their superb technology and impressive record in the online publishing business."
The Responsa texts in this online database include over 80,000 legal decisions, representing over a thousand years of development of Jewish law, and capturing the historical, social, and economic milieu of Jewish communities all over the world.
C.D.I. CEO Itzhak Levit said, "We are honored to have this prestigious organization join our customer base, and I am sure that the recent successful completion of the project will have a significant effect on scholars, researchers, institutions, and individuals worldwide."
Bar-Ilan University can now allow all Internet users full access to its Jewish cultural treasures, thanks to C.D.I.'s NetIS technology, which identifies users and protects the data from being abused. The multi-lingual interface (Hebrew, English, and French) enables users to swiftly browse and study the contents of several sources simultaneously.
Subscribers can choose between various options, such as subscriptions to specific parts of the database, annual or monthly subscriptions, or cumulative time viewing rights.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on January 2, 2007
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