Erwin R. Goodenough (1893-1965), scholar

Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough (1893-1965) was an American scholar. Born in Brooklyn, New York. Studied under George Foot Moore at Harvard and received his D. Phil from Oxford in 1923. Professor at Yale University from 1923. His work first challenged systematically the notion of the normativeness of Pharisaic Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Was one of the founders of IRAS, Institute on Religion in an Age of Science.

Works

Books

• The Theology of Justin Martyr (1923 Goodenough), book

• By Light, Light: The Mystic Gospel of Hellenistic Judaism (1935 Goodenough), book

• The Politics of Philo Judaeus (1938 Goodenough), book

• An Introduction to Philo Judaeus (1940 Goodenough), book

• Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (1953-1968 Goodenough), book
  • Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (1988 Goodenough/Neusner), book (abridged ed.)

Biography

• [ Wikipedia]

Select Bibliography (articles)

• Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell / Samuel Thomas / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 682-683