Hi Haim, The definition for religious iwork" in the updated RDA Toolkit is a much looser definition than in the first iteration:
" Religious work A work that is held sacred by a religion and its followers, or a work that has a direct association with a sacred work. See also: liturgical work" Original Toolkit See A.17.8 Old Testament Five Scrolls Historical Books Minor Prophets etc. My sense is that ultimately it will depend onwhich version of RDA you are currently utilizing. I would speculate that after the complete adoption of the new edition that the decision of what is included will depend on individual religious communities to develop best practices If we go by EJ they consider Kaballah as emodying "mysticism and esoterica. "As such, I would not consider it a "sacred work" even under the new version of the Toolkit. But that is just my opinion, this should ultimate be discussed and decided up on by the AJL RAS Cataloging Commitee. Thanks, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Emerita, Stanford University Libraries ________________________________ From: Heb-naco <heb-naco-boun...@lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Gottschalk, Haim via Heb-naco <heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 6:56 AM To: Hebrew Name Authority Funnel <heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> Subject: [Heb-NACO] A question on Sacred works Hi Hevre, Does Sacred works include works about the Kabbala or Kabbalistic texts? The question has to do with the subdivision of Introductions. All my best, Haim _________________ Haim A. Gottschalk Hebraica and Judaica Cataloging Librarian Hi Hevre, Does Sacred works include works about the Kabbala or Kabbalistic texts? The question has to do with the subdivision of Introductions. All my best, Haim _________________ Haim A. Gottschalk Hebraica and Judaica Cataloging Librarian Asian and Middle Eastern Division, Israel and Judaica Section Onsite Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and alternate Fridays The Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, SE, LM-537 Washington, DC 20540-4222 Direct: 202-707-2498 h...@loc.gov<mailto:h...@loc.gov> [cid:image001.jpg@01D4F503.AB53F460] THIS EMAIL IS NOT CLASSIFIED Expressing my views. Ideas & opinions in this email are not intended to represent those of the Library of Congress or its staff. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
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