Word: scholarly
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DIED. Samuel Sandmel, 68, scholar, lecturer and internationally recognized authority on the New Testament and its relation to Judaism; in Cincinnati. A Navy chaplain during World War II and the author of 17 books (including We Jews and You Christians, in which he examined the common roots of the two religions) Sandmel, a native Ohioan, lectured on Jewish literature at Vanderbilt University before joining Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he taught for 26 years...
...notion about the mind-bending complexity of Italian history. Don't tell him who Lorenzo de Medici was, or make him read the Florentine historians, but instead make him read Lopez's theory of the relation between economics and culture in the Renaissance. Then make him read what some scholar said about some other scholar's interpretation of Lopez. Then ask him for his opinion about the Renaissance. This is the scenario for a farce, but also the kind of situation which occurs every day of the week at Harvard...
...little to convince undergraduates of the importance of their subjects, and indeed do not seem very worried. To cite just one example, when a visitor lectures at the Science Center on constipation in worms or some such subject a vast lecture hall is packed, but when a visiting scholar lectures on some aspect of the humanities there are almost never any undergraduates present, the audience being limited to twenty or thirty faculty members or doctoral students and the atmosphere is often one of respectful boredom...
WHEN MEYER SCHAPIRO began to analyze modern art in the 1940's, he brought with him the distinguished reputation of a medieval scholar and the enthusiasm for a new project. Now, 30 years later, he has collected ten essays which allow him to interweave artistic theory and specific case studies with great skill and ease. Although his unclear writing and intolerant posture often mar Modern Art, Schapiro's analyses are intriguing and worth reading...
...Professor Cloward's qualifications as a scholar are unquestionable." Paul E. Starr, assistant professor of Sociology, who also signed the letter, said yesterday. "Brandeis's decision to reject him was a political decision and a clearly unjustified one," Starr added...