Samuel Klausner

Emeritus Professor of Sociology

sklausner@sas.upenn.edu

Obituary:

https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/legacy/200976529

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Research Interests:

I have continued the lines of research in the Sociology of Religion and in Methodology-Philosophy of Science. Currently my long range project is a comparison of Hebrew and Muslim dietary systems as a window to their theological presuppositions. I am completing a methodological critique of wissenschaft Bible scholar’s work on interpreting a verse in the Books of exodus and Deuteronomy. That is to say, I am applying sociological thought to the clarification of classic documents.

[Originally illuminated at the workshops of Bonifacio Bembo and Cristoforo De Predis, 15th century Northern Italy]. The Rothschild Miscellany. London: Linda and Michael Falter, Facsimile Editions, London; Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 1989. Gift of Ruth and Raymond Brenner and the Brenner Family Fund for Jewish Studies in honor of Gregory Brenner, W', 1999; Adam Brenner, W', 2001; Jason Brenner, W', 2005.

One of the most lavishly illuminated and lavishly decorated examples of renaissance Jewish manuscript production, this facsimile edition reproduces in precise detail every aspect of the original, including the scribal method of ruling known as "pricking", the uneven cut of the pages, stains and holes found on the original parchment, and the texture of the gold leaf.

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Fall/Winter 2021