| | Creator: | Zeitlin, Solomon, 1886-1976 | Save to cart | | | Title: | Solomon Zeitlin research collection | | | | Dates: | 1928-1976 | | | | Call No: | 1990.003 | | | | Abstract: | Solomon Zeitlin (1886-1976), was a noted historian and post-biblical scholar at Dropsie University. The collection was to be used for a biography of Zeitlin, and includes his incoming correspondence from Louis Ginzberg (1932-1939), Saul Lieberman (1944-1965), Lubavitcher rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1968) and others, as well as articles and clippings regarding his scholarly work. | | | | Size: | .25 linear feet | | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | |
| Creator: | Rosenthal, Erwin Isak Jakob, 1904- | Save to cart | | | Title: | Erwin Rosenthal correspondence and notes | | | | Dates: | undated, 1961-1968 | | | | Call No: | 1993.013 | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains a letter from Erwin Rosenthal, a scholar of Jewish and Islamic thought, to Herbert Junker, a Catholic scholar and teacher of the Old Testament, on the occasion of Junker's 70th birthday. Included with the letter are some of Rosenthal's notes on religion and philosophy in Islam and a copy of the title page of a festschrift in honor of Junker's 70th birthday. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Philosophy, Islamic | |
| Creator: | Loeb, Isidore, 1839-1892 | Save to cart | | | Title: | Isidor Loeb letter to Joseph Jacobs | | | | Dates: | 1889 | | | | Call No: | 1987.002 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a manuscript letter from Isidore Loeb, a French rabbi and scholar, to Joseph Jacobs, an Australian-born folklore scholar who was also a historian of Jewish culture. In the letter, Loeb deciphers an Arabic seal. He acknowledges the assistance of Joseph Derenbourg, a French orientalist and educator. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Orientalism | |
| Creator: | Finkel, Joshua | Save to cart | | | Title: | Joshua Finkel collection | | | | Dates: | 1935-1974 | | | | Call No: | 1987.001 | | | | Abstract: | Joshua Finkel was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, researched Semitic languages and the relationship between Judaism and Islam, and taught Semitic languages at Yeshiva University. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, microfiche frames from articles, manuscript fragments, and correspondence relating to Finkel's scholarly work. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish learning and scholarship | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Jews, German | |
| | | Save to cart | | | Title: | Rabbinic letters on works published and other materials | | | | Dates: | undated, 1968 | | | | Call No: | 1994.009 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of letters between various rabbis recommending books which they should purchase, as well as some blank letterhead belonging to one G. Wolf Margolis, Rabbi of the United Reform Community of N.Y., and a business card belonging to one Rabbi Isaac Sodden of the Congregation Ohav Sholom in Brooklyn, N.Y. The five letters in the collection are in a variety of languages, including Hebrew, Spanish and English. | | | | Size: | 1 folder | | | | Subjects: | Jewish publishing | Jewish scholars -- Correspondence | Rabbis | |
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