Wednesday, July 20, 2011

AJ Heschel and the Philosopher's Dictionary

Abraham J. Heschel's A Concise Dictionary of Hebrew Philosophical Terms (Cincinnati, 1941) was recently added to archive.org. This 86 page mimeographed booklet was apparently composed by himself and students at the Hebrew Union College. It's largely based on Klatzkin, but it is in English. It's quite interesting, and very probably still useful to people.

Here's a sample page:


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4 comments:

  1. TK4:19 PM, July 20, 2011

    Thanks

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  2. Anonymous2:34 AM, July 21, 2011

    which klatzkin? any relation to eliyahu and jacob?

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  3. S.9:53 AM, July 21, 2011

    I mean Jacob Klatzkin, who wrote the 4-volume אוצר המונחים הפלוסופיים ואנתולוגיה פלוסופית.

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  4. Drew Kaplan9:36 PM, August 07, 2011

    You're welcome - I figured I had had a copy of it hanging around for a while and should share it with others :)

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