Joseph L. Blau
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Joseph Leon Blau (born May 6, 1909, Brooklyn, New York; died December 28, 1986, Bronx, New York) was an American scholar of Jewish history and philosophy.
Blau attended Columbia University, where he studied under Salo Wittmayer Baron. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1931, his master's in 1933, and his Ph.D. in 1944, all from Columbia. Blau taught at Columbia from 1944-1977 and was chair of its Department of Religion from 1968-77.
His notable writings include Christian Interpretation of the Cabala in the Renaissance (1944); Men and Movements in American Philosophy (1952); The Story of Jewish Philosophy (1962), The Jews of the United States, 1790–1840 (co-edited with Salo Baron, 1963), and Judaism in America (1976).
Blau was one of the signers of A Secular Humanist Declaration in 1980. He was a foreign member of the British Academy.
[edit] External links
- New York Times obituary, Jan. 1, 1987
- Index to Joseph L. Blau papers, Columbia University
- Columbia Encyclopedia entry
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