Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough | Academic Influence

Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough's Degrees

PhD Religion University of Chicago

Why Is Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough was a scholar in the history of religion. He is specifically noted for his study of the influence of Greek culture on Judaism, what some call Hellenistic Judaism. Goodenough was born in Brooklyn, the son of Mary Belle and Ward Hunt Goodenough. He studied at Hamilton College, Drew Theological Seminary, and then received a bachelor's degree in theology from Garrett Biblical Institute in 1917. He went on to Harvard University for three years, then three more years at Oxford University, where he received the D.Phil. degree in 1923.

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Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough's Published Works

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Published Works

Jewish symbols in the Greco-Roman period (1955) (114)
By light, light : the mystic gospel of Hellenistic Judaism (1936) (45)
The Bosporus Inscriptions to the Most High God (1957) (32)
The theology of Justin Martyr (1968) (26)
An Introduction to Philo Judæus (1940) (25)
By light, light (1935) (15)
Der Alte Orient, XXXV, ii: Die religiose Haltung des fruhen Hellenismus (1937) (12)
Philo with an English Translation (1940) (12)
The church in the Roman Empire (1931) (11)
The theology of Justin Martyr : an investigation into the conceptions of early christian literature and its hellenistic and judaistic influences (1968) (10)
The psychology of religious experiences (1965) (7)
The Crown of Victory in Judaism (1946) (6)
Philo on Immortality (1946) (5)
John a Primitive Gospel (1945) (5)
NEW LIGHT ON HELLENISTIC JUDAISM (1937) (4)
Paul and Onesimus (1929) (4)
Kingship in Early Israel (4)
Symbolism in the Dura synagogue (1964) (3)
Religious Tradition and Myth (1937) (3)
Early Christian and Jewish Art (1943) (3)
A HISTORIAN OF RELIGION TRIES TO DEFINE RELIGION (1967) (3)
The Inspiration of New Testament Research (1952) (3)
The Orpheus in the Synagogue of Dura-Europos: A Correction (1959) (2)
Lukians Schrift uber die syrische Gottin (1940) (2)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period, Vols. 9-10-11: Symbolism in the Dura Synagogue (1964) (2)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period, Vol. XIII (1969) (2)
MYTHS AND SYMBOLS FOR CHILDREN (1962) (2)
Philo and Public Life (1926) (2)
The problem of method ; Symbols from Jewish cult (1958) (1)
The archeological evidence from the Diaspora (1953) (1)
Wolfson's Philo (1948) (1)
Five Essays on the Bible : Papers read at the 1960 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Socie (1960) (1)
Goodenough's by Light, Light (1938) (1)
Problems of Method in Studying Philo Judaeus (1939) (1)
The Alexandrian Halakah in Apologetic Literature of the First Century C. E. (1936) (1)
New Testament Life and Literature (1947) (1)
Pagan symbols in Judaism (1958) (1)
Fish, bread, and wine (1956) (1)
The archeological evidence from Palestine (1953) (0)
HEDLEY, GEORGE. The Superstitions of the Irreligious. Pp. xii, 140. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. $2.50 (1952) (0)
Book Review:Pisciculi: Studien zur Religion und Kultur des Altertums Franz Joseph Dolger, Theodor Klauser, Adolf Rucker (1940) (0)
The Pseudo–Justinian “Oratio ad Graecos” (1925) (0)
Symbols as Historical Evidence (1963) (0)
Uber kultische Motivverschiebungen (1940) (0)
Five Essays on the Bible (1961) (0)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period, Vol. 4, the Problem of Method: Symbols from Jewish Cult (1955) (0)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. Vols. 7 and 8, Pagan Symbols in Judaism (1959) (0)
Archeology and Jewish History (1936) (0)
Yale Classical Studies. Volume III (0)
The Crown of Acanthus (?) (1953) (0)
The Ethical Teaching of Jesus (1967) (0)
Symbolism in Hellenistic Jewish Art: The Problem of Method (1937) (0)
Guido Kisch, Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum . (Publication in Mediaeval Studies, The University of Notre Dame, X.) Notre Dame, Indiana: The University of Notre Dame, 1949. Paper. Pp. vi, 277. (1951) (0)
The Greek Garments on Jewish Heroes in The Dura Synagogue (1966) (0)
Book Review:Fortschritt und Vollendung bei Philo von Alexandrien: Eine Studie zur Geschichte der Frommigkeit Walther Volker (1940) (0)
The Fundamental Motif of Christianity (1940) (0)
Philo as Jurist (1930) (0)
Philo, Supplement: Questions and Answers on Genesis and Exodus Translated from the Ancient Armenian Version of the Original Greek (1954) (0)
An Early Christian Bread Stamp (1964) (0)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period: Vols. 7-8, Pagan Symbols in Judaism (1960) (0)
Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period. Vol. 12: Summary and Conclusion (1969) (0)
Book Review:Some Hellenistic Elements in Primitive Christianity Wilfred L. Knox (1945) (0)

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