Dropsie College Theses
The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning [ http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/at250/dropsie/ak.pdf ], chartered in March of 1907, was the first state-accredited academyouic institution in the world to confer Ph.D. degrees in Judaic Studies. By the time it closed its doors in 1986, Dropsie College had awarded over two hundred doctorates and dozens of M.A. degrees. In 1988, Dropsie reopened under a new name, ‘The Annenberg Research Institute,” at a new address, 420 Walnut Street, located in historic Center City Philadelphia, and with a new mission as a post-graduate research center. In 1993, it merged with the University of Pennsylvania and is today called the “Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.”
The Library at the Katz Center (LKCAJS) is home to the institutional records and academic fruits of Dropsie College over the course of its eight decades of existence. According to the 1984-1985 annual Dropsie College Bulletin, pp. 44-58, the following degrees were conferred between 1912 and 1983:
- Doctor of Philosophy: 236
- Doctor of Education: 10
- Master of Arts: 17
- Master of Arts in Education: 18
The following honorary degrees were conferred:
- Doctor of Hebrew Letters, Honoris Causa: 20
- Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa: 18
- Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa: 27
- Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa: 28
The total number of degrees conferred (Ph.D., M.A., and Honorary) was 374.
Penn’s Scholarly Commons now provides digital reproductions of most of the extant theses submitted to the College.
Dissertations
"Moses Almosnino, His Ethical and Other Writings": A Study of the Life and Works of a Prominent, Sixteenth Century, Salonikan Rabbi, Charles J. Abeles
Qāsim Amīn and the Beginnings of the Feminist Movement in Egypt, Mary Flounders Arnett
Ancient Near Eastern Temple Assemblies: A Survey and Prolegomena, John Arthur Bloom
Neo-Babylonian Texts from the John Frederick Lewis Collection of The Free Library of Philadelphia, Raymond B. Dillard
Central Community Agencies for Jewish Education, Abraham P. Gannes
Middle Eastern Citrus Industries and Their Markets, Daniel Garniek
Narsai's Homilies on the Old Testament As a Source for His Exegesis, David George
Beth- Yaacob: Comentary on the Kusari by Jacob Ben Hayyim Vidal Farrisol, Edited from Three Manuscripts, Aaron Giat
An Historical Study of Adult Hebrew Language Instruction in Palestine from 1917 to 1948 and of Its Continuation in Israel's Ulpanim 1948 to 1960, Sylvan J. Ginsburgh
The Economic Life of the Jews in Poland as Reflected in Yiddish Literature (1914-1939), William M. Glicksman
The Development of the Natural Method (Ivrit Be-Ivrit) in the Teaching of Hebrew in Jewish Schools in Modern Times, Elazar Goelman
Halakhah in Josephus and in Tannaitic Literature: A Comparative Study, David Goldenberg
A Literary Study of a Sixteenth Century Manuscript in the Kaufmann Collection (Kaufmann Ms. 539), Nathan Greenbaum
Rabbinic Education in the United States, 1867-1939, Eli B. Greenwald
Samson Raphael Hirsch as an Educator, Ernest Gundersheimer
Themes and Symbols of the Poetry of Leah Goldberg, Hanoch Guy
A Survey of 65 Kenicott Mss. of the Book of Joshua, Abraham Handelman
Progressive Education and Its Influence on Jewish Education in the United States, 1900-1965, Shalom Handelman
The Ideology of the Sabbath: A Study in Comparative Religion, Clifford W.P Hansen
Assyro-Hebraic Relations in Sargonid Times, Clyde E. Harrington
The Peshitta to Nehemiah, A Textual-Critical Analysis, R. Laird Harris
The Jewish War of Josephus: A Semantic and Historiographic Study, Gohei Hata
The Apocryphon of John: A Text Edition, Translation, and Biblical and Religious Commentary, Andrew K. Helmbold
Evaluation in Jewish Education in the United States with Special Emphasis on Testing, 1910 - 1965, A. Hillel Henkin
Cursings in the Hebrew Bible and in Related Literature, Ban Sik Hong
Half a Century of Jewish Education in the United States and Israel as Reflected in A.M. Dushkin's Thought and Work, Yaacov Iram
Jewish Summer Camps in the United States and Canada, 1900-1969, Daniel Issacman
Syntax and Emphasis in Deuteronomy 4-11, Edgar O. Johnston
A Study of the Political Aspects of the Druze Law, Fawaz Kamal
Judaism and Jewish Education in Horace M. Kallen's Philosophy of Cultural Pluralism, Louis Kaplan
Arabic Folk Songs Among Iraqi Jews, Latif S. Khayyat
The Annals of Tabari: The Caliphate of al-Mu 'Tamid, Philip M. Kimmelfield
A History of Gratz College, 1893-1928, Diane A. King
Some Foreign Elements in the Sudanese Religions, James E. Kirkland
Relations between the Eisenhower Administration and the American Press during the Suez and the Lebanon Crises, 1956 and 1958, Robert J. Kirsch
The Meaning of the Niphal in Biblical Hebrew, George L. Klein
The Ha-BI-ru, Meredith G. Kline
Folklore in the Book of Judges, Ralph S. Kresge
Labaya of Shechem and the Politics of the Amarna Age, George Kufeldt
A Critical Edition of Canticles Rabba - Chapter One: Edited on the Basis of Three Manuscripts and Early Editions, Samuel T. Lachs
The Aims and Methodology of Jewish History Textbooks in the Intermediate Grades of the Jewish School in America, William B. Lakritz
Dina D'Malkhuta Dina (The Law of the Kingdom is the Law), Leo Landman
Semitic Phonemes with Special Reference to the Ugaritic and in the Light of the Egyptian Evidence, William S. LaSor
The Designation of Foreign Territory in Assyrian Royal Inscriptions of the Sargonid Period, Richard C. Lederman
The Educational Philosophy of Conservative Judaism and the Curriculum of Its Elementary Schools, Herbert K. Lerman
Obaidah di Bertinoro; Contributions to Mishnaic Commentary, Israel D. Lerner
Israel ben Joseph: Halakist, Talmudist and Bible Exegete of the Thirteenth Century and his Sefer Mizwot Zemaniyot, Joseph Levitsky
The Jewish Community in Mexico: Its Life and Education, Jacob Levitz
Egyptian and Its Hebraic Affinities, Timothy Tao-liang Lin
The Foundation of Reverence by Abraham Ibn Ezra: Edited, Translated and Annotated, Reuben J. Magil
The Leading British Press on Three Crises in the Middle East: 1947-1957, Neville J. Mandel
The Combinatory Method in Ugaritic Exegesis, Lawrence N. Manross
A Pioneer in Jewish Education: Eliezer Rieger 1896 - 1954, Alvin Mars
Jewish Fate in the Poetry of Bialik and Chernikhovsky: A Study of Criticism and Interpretation, Abraham Marthan
A Semantic Study of Anatomical Terms in Akkadian, Ugaritic, and Biblical Literature, Foster R. McCurley Jr.
Hebrew and Aramaic Words in the Cuneiform Records, John Meighan
Mistake of Fact and Ignorance as a Defense in Criminal Law of the Talmud and English Common Law, Meyer Minkowich
The Texts of A and B in the Book of Judges, David E. Montalvo
The History of Jewish Education in Hungary, Aron Moskowits
Oral Tradition and the Old Testament: A Critical Challenge, Edward A. Neiderhiser
Patriarchial Institutions: A Study of the Social Institutions in the Patriarchal Period in the Light of Cuneiform Sources, David Neiman
The World Outlook of Don Isaac Abravanel and His Historical, Political, and Messianic Works, Ben-Zion Netanyahu
ʻAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Kawākibī: His Life and Thought, Leo Neubart
Rabbi Akiba Eger: His Life and Times, Andrej Simcha Neuschloss
Rabban Simon Ben Gamaliel Nasi at Usha: A Study in Tannaitic Literature, Shalom Novoseller
Al-Kindi's Treatise on First Philosophy: Translation, Introduction and Notes with a Glossary, Fuad N. Nucho
The Central Committee for the Relief of Sufferers through the War: Founded 1914, Max S. Nussenbaum
The Talmud Torah in America: Its Structure, Philosophy and Decline (1860-1960), Edward Orentlicher
The Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9, William L. Osborne
The Tannaitic Law of Homicide in Comparison with Roman and English Law, Jonah Ostrow
Naphtali Herz Wessely: A Study of the Education and Poet, Charles L. Ozer
The Problem of Religious Reform in Modern Hebrew Literature (1770-1830), Moshe Pelli
Kushyar Ibn Labban and the Translation of His Kitab Fi Usul Hisab al-Hind with a commentary by Shalom Ben Joseph Anabi, Marvin Petruck
Neo-Babylonian Documents in the John Frederick Lewis Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Charles F. Pfeiffer
Mekhilta D'Rabbi Ishmael: A Study in Composition and Context, Elaine A. Phillips
The Development and History of Railways in Palestine, Israel, and Adjoining Areas, from 1838, Pinhas W. Pick
A Linguistic Analysis of the Sinuhe Romance, Leon Picon
The Heder Metukan, Judah Pilch
Differentiating Features of Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Jewish Groups in Metropolitan Philadelphia, Jack Porter
The Hymns and Prayers to the Moon-God, Sîn, Austin Henry Potts
Marrakesh, A City in the Process of Change; Studies in Urbanization and Urbanism, Richard Leon Press
The Development of a Theoretical Basis for Machine Aids for Translation from Hebrew to English, James D. Price
The Elephantine Ahiqar: A New Edition and Commentary with Special Reference to Babylonian and Hebrew Wisdom Literature, Robert Price
The Purpose and Direction of Contemporary Reform Religious Schools in the United States and Canada: A Study of Concept and Their Implementation, Seymour Prystowsky
Representation of the Hebrew Predicators of Existence in the Septuagint, Frederic Clarke Putnam
Baghdadi Jewish Proverbs and Idioms Collected in Israel with a Linguistic and Folkloristic Commentary, David Rabi
A Study of Akkadian Personal Names from Mari, Carl G. Rasmussen
Biblical Correspondences with Nuzi Akkadian, Robert J. Ream
The Jewish War: Variations in the Historical Narratives in the Texts of Josephus and the Yosippon, Jacob Reiner
Paul Billerbeck as Student of Rabbinic Literature: A Description and Analysis of His Interpretive Methodology, Daniel J. Rettberg
Aspects of Ethics and Morality in the Hebrew Bible and Confucian Classics, Song Nai Rhee
United States Economic Assistance to Israel: 1949-1960, Eldin Ricks
The Account of the Ancient Israelite Tabernacle and First Priesthood in the Jewish Antiquities of Flavius Josephus, Stuart D. Robertson
Jewish Education in Vienna between the Two World Wars, Aryeh Rohn
A Grammar of the Dialects of the Aramaic Incantation Texts, William H. Rossell
A Century of American Protestantism in the Arab Middle East: 1820-1920, Paul D. Rowden
Sennacherib's Annals: A Foundational Text Study, G. L. Russell