Moses Hadas
Moses Hadas (June 25, 1900,
Life
Raised in
His most productive years were spent at Columbia University, where he was a colleague of Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling.[1] 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.[1]
He embraced
His daughter Rachel Hadas is a poet, teacher, essayist, and translator.[1] 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
- Sextus Pompey. 1930
- Book of delight, by Joseph ben Meir Zabara; translated by Moses Hadas; with an introduction by Merriam Sherwood. 1932
- History of Greek literature. 1950
- History of Latin literature. 1952.
- Greek poets. 1953
- Ancilla to classical reading. 1954
- Oedipus. translated with an introd. by Moses Hadas. 1955
- History of Rome, from its origins to 529 A.D., as told by the Roman historians. 1956
- Thyestes. Translated, with an introduction by Moses Hadas. 1957
- Stoic philosophy of Seneca; essays and letters of Seneca.. 1958
- Hellenistic culture: fusion and diffusion. 1959
- Humanism: the Greek ideal and its survival. 1960
- Essential works of Stoicism. 1961
- Old wine, new bottles; a humanist teacher at work. 1962
- Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Modern abridgment, 1962
- Hellenistic literature. 1963
- Style the repository. 1965
- Heroes and gods; spiritual biographies in antiquity, by Moses Hadas and Morton Smith. 1965
- Introduction to classical drama. Foreword by Alvin C. Eurich. 1966
- Living tradition. 1967
- Solomon Maimon, an autobiography / edited and with a preface by Moses Hadas. 1975
Discography
During the fifties, Hadas recorded several albums of Latin and Greek works on Folkways Records.[5]
- The Story of Virgil's Aeneid: Introduction and Readings in Latin (and English) by Professor Moses Hadas (1955)
- The Latin Language: Introduction and Reading in Latin (and English) by Professor Moses Hadas of Columbia University (1955)
- Plato on the Death of Socrates: Introduction with Readings from the Apology and the Phaedo in Greek & in English trans. (1956)
- Caesar: Readings in Latin and English by Professor Moses Hadas (1956)
- Cicero: Commentary and Readings in Latin and English by Moses Hadas (1956)
- Longus - Daphnis and Chloe: Read by Moses Hadas from His Translation (1958)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "The Many Lives of Moses Hadas by Rachel Hadas"
- ^ Hellenism & Hebraism: Greek Penetration with Moses Hadas (1966), retrieved 2024-02-12
- ^ Hellenism & Hebraism: Contrasts and Parallels, with Moses Hadas (1966), retrieved 2024-02-12
- ^ Hellenism & Hebraism: The First Encounter, with Moses Hadas (1966), retrieved 2024-02-12
- ^ Hadas Discography at Smithsonian Folkways
External links
- Youtube Recording of Hellenism & Hebraism: The First Encounter, with Moses Hadas (1966) Lecture by Moses Hadas at The 92nd St Y, New York City, 1966
- Youtube Recording of Hellenism & Hebraism: The First Encounter, with Moses Hadas, 1966 Part 2
- Youtube Recording of Hellenism & Hebraism: The First Encounter, with Moses Hadas, 1966 Part 3
- https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8754-hadas-moses
- "The Many Lives of Moses Hadas" by Rachel Hadas, Columbia University Alumni Magazine, Fall 2001
- [1] - Columbia University
- Finding aid to Moses Hadas papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
- Works by or about Moses Hadas at Internet Archive