Henry A. Fischel
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Henry A. Fischel (born 20 November 1913) is professor emeritus of Near Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University.
Fischel was an influential figure in founding the Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University. Under his direction, the Lilly Endowment gave the university a grant in 1972-73 to develop a Jewish Studies Program. Professor Fischel currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
[edit] Literary works
First Book of Macabbes, by Henry Fischel, Shocken, reprint 1987. 118pgs.
- "Rabbinic Literature and Greco-Roman Philosophy: A Study of Epicurea and Rhetorica in Early Midrash" (Leiden, 1973).
- -- "Essays in Greco-Roman and Related Talmudic Literature," ed. by Henry A. Fischel, (New York: KTAV Publishing, 1977)
- -- Story and History: Observations on Greco-Roman Rhetoric and Pharisaism. Denis Sinor, editor. American Oriental Society, Middle West Branch, Semi-Centennial Volume. Bloomington, IL; 1969; pp. 59-78.
- ---. Story and History: Observations on Greco-Roman Rhetoric and Pharisaism. in: Henry Fischel, editor. Essays in Greco-Roman and Related Talmudic Literature. New York: Ktaw; 1977; pp. 443-472
- --"Studies in Cynicism and the Ancient Near East: the Transformation of a Chria. in Religions in Antiquity: Essays in Memory of Erwin Ransdall Goodenough_:372-411
- ---. The Uses of Sorites (Climax, Gradatio). Hebrew University College Annual. 1973; 44:119-151
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