Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

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The present Series of Jewish Classics was
projected in continuation of the previous pub-
lication of the English Translation of the Holy
Scriptures—the greatest classic of Hebrew
literature and of all times.

When the New Translation of the Scriptures
was approaching completion, the late Jacob H.
Schiff, through whose munificence the publica-
tion of that translation was rendered possible,
further proposed to the Jewish Publication So-
ciety of America that they should issue a repre-
sentative selection of the various classes of
literature produced by Jewish writers after the
close of the Biblical Canon, and for that purpose
placed a fund at the disposal of the Society.

In the deed of gift of Mr. Schiff, which was

intended to make the present Series possible, a

Committee was named by him consisting of the

following:

Dr. Solomon Schechter, Chairman

Dr. Cyrus Adter, Vice-Chairman

Rev. Dr. H. G. Enelow

Prof. Israel Friedlaender

Rev. Dr. Kaufmann Kohier

Prof. Alexander Marx

Rev. Dr. F. de Sola Mendes
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