| 词条 | Moses Hadas |
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Moses Hadas (June 25, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia – August 17, 1966) was an American teacher, a classical scholar, and a translator of numerous works. LifeRaised in Atlanta in a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish household, his early studies included rabbinical training.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} He graduated from Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1926) and took his doctorate in classics in 1930. He was fluent in Yiddish, German, ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek, Latin, French, and Italian, and well-versed in other languages.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} His most productive years were spent at Columbia University, where he was a colleague of Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} There he bucked the prevailing classical methods of the day—textual criticism and grammar—presenting classics, even in translation, as worthy of study as literary works in their own right.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} He embraced television as a tool for education, becoming a telelecturer and a pundit on broadcast television. He also recorded classical works on phonograph and tape.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} His daughter Rachel Hadas is a poet, teacher, essayist, and translator.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} With his first wife, he had a son David Hadas (1931-2004), a professor of English and Religious Studies at Washington University; and Jane Streusand. Hadas is credited with two celebrated witticisms: - "This book fills a much-needed gap."- "Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I’ll waste no time reading it."Selected works
DiscographyDuring the fifties, Hadas recorded several albums of Latin and Greek works on Folkways Records.[1]
References1. ^Hadas Discography at Smithsonian Folkways External links
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