Louis Feldman

This article is about the classicist. For the botanist, see Lewis J. Feldman.

Louis Feldman
Born
Louis Harry Feldman

(1926-10-29)October 29, 1926
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMarch 25, 2017(2017-03-25) (aged 90)
New York City, U.S.
Academic background
Education
ThesisCicero's Concept of Historiography (1951)
Academic work
DisciplineClassicist
InstitutionsYeshiva University
Main interestsHellenistic civilization

Louis Harry Feldman (October 29, 1926 – March 25, 2017) was an American classicist. He was the Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University, the institution at which he taught since 1955.[1]

Feldman was a scholar of Hellenistic civilization, specifically the works of Josephus Flavius. Feldman's work on Josephus is widely respected by other scholars.[2][3]

  1. ^ "In Memoriam, Dr. Louis Feldman". yu.edu. March 27, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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