Here are some key facts about the second edition of the Jewish Encyclopaedia: Total entries: 21,632.
Total new entries: 2,664.
Total entry words: 15,818,675.
Total main body pages (excluding index volume): approximately 17,126.
New bibliographical references: 30,021.
Longest entry: Israel, Land and State, at around 600,000 words.
Longest bibliography: Kabbalah.
Most writers for a single entry: Bible — the ancient biblical translations subsection had 11 writers, one for each language (Ethiopic, Armenian, Syriac, etc.).
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
