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''' Harry Austryn Wolfson''' (1887-1974) was a Lithuanian-born American Jewish scholar. | ''' Harry Austryn Wolfson''' (1887-1974) was a Lithuanian-born American Jewish scholar, philosopher, historian. Born in Lithuania, moved to America in 1908. PhD (1915) at Harvard University, where he spent his entire academic career. Student and friend of [[George F. Moore]]. Professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy at Harvard. In 1925 became the first scholar in any American university to occupy a chair devoted solely to Jewish studies. Founding member and president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. Devoted his life to the study of the foundations of Jewish, Christian and Islamic philosophy, and is noted for having collapsed all the artificial barriers which isolated their study. | ||
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*'''Wolfson, Harry Austryn ''' / [[David Winston]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 1345-1346 | *'''Wolfson, Harry Austryn ''' / [[David Winston]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 1345-1346 | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Austryn_Wolfson Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Austryn_Wolfson Wikipedia] | ||
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[[Category:Born in the 1880s| 1887 Wolfson]] | [[Category:Born in the 1880s| 1887 Wolfson]] | ||
[[Category:Died in the 1970s| 1974 Wolfson]] | [[Category:Died in the 1970s| 1974 Wolfson]] | ||
Revision as of 22:04, 2 May 2015
Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974) was a Lithuanian-born American Jewish scholar, philosopher, historian. Born in Lithuania, moved to America in 1908. PhD (1915) at Harvard University, where he spent his entire academic career. Student and friend of George F. Moore. Professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy at Harvard. In 1925 became the first scholar in any American university to occupy a chair devoted solely to Jewish studies. Founding member and president of the American Academy for Jewish Research. Devoted his life to the study of the foundations of Jewish, Christian and Islamic philosophy, and is noted for having collapsed all the artificial barriers which isolated their study.
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- Wolfson, Harry Austryn / David Winston / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 1345-1346