Meyer Reinhold

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Meyer Reinhold (September 1, 1909 – 1 July 2002) was an American classical scholar and also a specialist in

New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.[2]

Life

Meyer Reinhold was born on September 1, 1909, in

Zenon papyri under Westerman in 1932.[4] All three were to fall victim to McCarthyism in the 1950s, and have their scholarly careers interrupted.[5]

His biography of Agrippa was published that same year, and became the standard work on the subject.[1] Following his attendance at Columbia, he spent two years at the American Academy in Rome as a fellow, during which time he travelled widely in Italy and Greece.[3]

He began as a teacher at

petty bourgeois mentality he discerned in Rostovtzeff's outlook and methods.[6]

At his scholarly prime (46), and one of the foremost young American historians of the history of Rome,

Nashville where his daughter was an academic and was given a post as visiting professor at Vanderbilt University
. He received a nomination for a Presidential Medal in the Humanities in 1998.[1] In addition to works of classical scholarship, Reinhold published works on Jewish history, notably Diaspora: The Jews Among The Greeks And Romans, (1983) and with Louis Feldman co-edited Jewish Life and Thought Among Greeks And Romans; Primary Readings,(1996).[1]

Meyer Reinhold died in July 2002.

Works

Citations

  1. ^
    American Philological Association Newsletter
    , Vol. 25, No. 4 August 2002.
  2. ^
    New York Times
    July 5, 2002.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Wolfgang Haas, 'In Memoriam Meyer Reinhold,' International Journal of the Classical Tradition, July 2002, pp.3-7, p.3.
  4. ^ Roger S. Bagnall, "Naphtali Lewis (1911-2005)", The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Vol. 43, 2006 pp.5-8.
  5. ^ Daniel P. Tompkins, "The World of Moses Finkelstein:The Year 1939 in M.I.Finley's Development as an Historian" in Michael Meckler (ed.) Classical Antiquity and the Politics of America: From George Washington to George W. Bush, Baylor University Press, 2006 pp.95-126, p.121.
  6. ^ a b Daniel P.Tompkins, "Moses Finkelstein and the American Scene: The Political Formation of Moses Finley, 1932-1955", Columbia University Press/ BRILL 2013 pp.5-29 p.24.
  7. ^ a b 'Forward' to Meyer Reinhold,Studies in Classical History and Society, Issue 45 of American Classical Studies, Oxford University Press, 2002 p.xx.

References

External links

  • Meyer Reinhold at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Mark Toher