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Theodor Herzl Gaster (July 21, 1906 – February 2, 1992) was a British-born American Biblical scholar known for work on comparative religion, mythology and the history of religion. He is noted for his books, Thespis: Ritual, Myth, and Drama in the Ancient Near East (1950), The Dead Sea Scriptures, about the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as his one-volume abridgement of Sir James Frazer's massive 13-volume work The Golden Bough, to which Gaster contributed updates, corrections and extensive annotations.

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Theodor Gaster

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Theodor Herzl Gaster (July 21, 1906 – February 2, 1992) was a British-born American Biblical scholar known for work on comparative religion, mythology...

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Moses Gaster

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the First Gaster Bible was also acquired by the British Library from his collection. Moses Gaster was the father of Jack and Theodor Gaster and the grandfather...

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Book of Esther

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Esther Thespis: Ritual, Myth, and Drama in the Ancient Near East by Theodor Gaster. 1950. White, Sidnie Ann. "Esther: A Feminine Model for Jewish Diaspora"...

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Susan Sontag

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York and the philosophy of religion with Jacob Taubes, Susan Taubes, Theodor Gaster, and Hans Jonas, in the religion department at Columbia University from...

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Ya Ribon

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every age" for the literal "whom Thou chosest from all nations" in what Theodor Gaster understood as a "romantic idealization of the past. "HebrewBooks.org...

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Arnold Ferdinand Arnold

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married, was writer Gail E. Haley. Arnold's two brothers-in-law were Theodor Gaster and Peter Drucker. Arnold, born Arnold F. Schmitz, was born into one...

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Deaths in February 1992

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Philip Erenberg, 82, American gymnast and Olympic silver medalist. Theodor Gaster, 85, British-American biblical scholar. Paul Huston, 66, American basketball...

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List of Barnard College people

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Lamson Earle, classicist Saskia Hamilton (1967-2023), poet and editor Theodor Gaster, author; religion scholar; translator Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), president...

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1992 in the United Kingdom

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George Frederick James Temple, mathematician (born 1901) 2 February – Theodor Gaster, biblical scholar (born 1906) 4 February – Alan Davies, footballer (born...

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Bible Ki Kahaniyan

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Testament Mary Ellen Chase Myths, Legends and Customs in the Old Testament Theodor Gaster Stories from Ancient Canaan Michael D. Coogan The Ancient Gods E. O...

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Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion

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Smith, Karen Armstrong, Vern Bullough, Joseph Fletcher, Lewis Feuer, Theodor Gaster, Gerd Luedemann, Antony Flew, John Hick, David Noel Freedman, John Dominic...

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John Strugnell

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longstanding exclusion of Israeli scholars. At the same time, he kept Theodor Gaster and Robert Eisenman from having access to the scrolls, a situation that...

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Puruli

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Hattian Mythology and Hittite Monarchy, Anatolian Studies (1959). Theodor H. Gaster, Psalm 29, The Jewish Quarterly Review, University of Pennsylvania...

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Uganda Scheme

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was presented at the Sixth World Zionist Congress in Basel in 1903 by Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionist movement. He presented it as a...

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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1959

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Walter Fischel University of California, Berkeley Jews in India and Asia Theodor Gaster Dropsie College Religious community of the Samaritans Also won in 1954...

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Thespis

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Grown Old'". The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. Retrieved 2017-08-18. Gaster, Theodor, H., Thespis: Ritual, Myth, and Drama in the Ancient Near East, Henry...

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Chaim Weizmann

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naturalization as a British subject in 1910 with the help of haham Moses Gaster, who asked for papers from Herbert Samuel, the minister.[citation needed]...

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List of flood myths

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ed. S.W. Jamison, H.C. Melchert, B. Vine, Bremen 2013, pp. 169–183 Gaster, Theodor Herzl. The oldest stories in the world: Originally translated and retold...

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The Golden Bough

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Macmillan Company. Available for free. Abridged edition, edited by Theodor H. Gaster, 1959, entitled The New Golden Bough: A New Abridgment of the Classic...

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Gruber

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Mr. Gruber, a recurring character in the Paddington Bear series Gruber, Gaster's villainous sidekick in PaRappa the Rapper anime Simon Gruber, a fictional...

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Balfour Declaration

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Petrograd, Sykes briefed Samuel, who then briefed a meeting of Gaster, Weizmann and Sokolow. Gaster recorded in his diary on 16 April 1916: "We are offered French-English...

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Judgement of Solomon

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example G. R. Subramiah Pantulu, Indian Antiquary 26 (1897), p. 111 Theodor Herzl Gaster, Myth, Legend, and Custom in the Old Testament: A Comparative Study...

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Sicanje

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Herzegovina". CROATIA - overview of. Retrieved 4 November 2020. Herzl Gaster, Theodor (1 January 1955). Customs and folkways of Jewish life. W. Sloane Associates...

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Copper Scroll

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options. The theories of the origin of the treasure were broken down by Theodor H. Gaster: First, the treasure could be that of the Qumran community. The difficulty...

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