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The Punctuator and the Professor: Fables of a Jewish Aesop; Translated from the Fox Fables Of Berechiah Ha-Nakdan

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From: Forward
Date: 20020830
Author:Scheindlin, Raymond P.

Scheindlin, Raymond P.
Forward
08-30-2002
The publication in paperback of a relatively unknown 1967 classic
illustrates the intersection of two Jewish scholars separated by nearly a
millennium, illuminating both men in a manner that is simultaneously
scholarly and entertaining.

Moses Hadas (1900-1966) was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America but made his career at Columbia University, where he studied
classics and eventually became a Greek professor. A pioneer in the teaching
of classical literature in translation, he also devoted himself to
translating Greek and Latin ...

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