In March 2017, we lost a great scholar: Louis H. Feldman, the Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University. Professor Feldman was recognized around the world as the “dean” of Josephus scholars, and he contributed greatly to our understanding of Jewish life during the Hellenistic era. He published numerous books and hundreds of articles—243 are listed in RAMBI, the Index of Articles on Jewish Studies. He was a “scholar’s scholar”—a model of dedication to craft coupled with modesty and wide-ranging learning. Feldman was born in Hartford, Connecticut, where he would also stay and earn both […]
