Erwin R. Goodenough (1893-1965), scholar

Erwin R. Goodenough (1893-1965) was an American scholar.

Biography

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 on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• 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.)