Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

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Rev. Dr. David Philipson
Rev. Dr. Samuel Schulman
The Hon. Mayer Sulzberger

Later the Committee was increased by the
addition of Prof. Louis Ginzberg, Prof. Jacob Z.
Lauterbach, and Prof. Henry Malter. Upon the
death of Dr. Schechter, Dr. Cyrus Adler was
elected Chairman, and Prof. Israel Davidson
was named to succeed Prof. Friedlaender.
The Committee has since been deprived of the
aid of Judge Sulzberger, who passed away on
April 20, 1923.

The plan of the Series, however, was outlined
during the Chairmanship of our distinguished
colleague, the eminent scholar, Dr. Solomon
Schechter.

The first principle adopted was that in all

cases in which a Hebrew text was extant, it

was to be printed along with the English trans-

lation, and that an endeavor should be made

to present a critical text based not only upon

previous editions, but also upon the available

manuscripts. For this purpose manuscripts have

been photographed in the libraries of England,

Italy, Germany, Austria, and Hungary—

wherever important manuscripts bearing upon

the Series were to be found—and the Committee

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