Guide to the Lawrence V. Berman Papers
SC0361
Finding aid prepared by Daniel Hartwig
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
May 2011
Note
This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0.
Title: Lawrence V. Berman papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0361
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
34.5 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1967-1988
Abstract: The materials consist of correspondence, research files and teaching materials, and texts of the Nicomachean Ethics that have
been collected in Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Latin. Also included is his 1959 Ph.D. thesis "Ibn Bajjah and Maimonides: A Chapter
in the History of Political Philosophy" (in Hebrew with English summary).
creator:
Berman, Lawrence V. (Lawrence Victor)
creator:
Berman, Lawrence V., ((Lawrence Victor))
Biographical/Historical note
Lawrence B. Berman was the first Stanford University professor to specialize in Jewish Studies. After earning undergraduate
degrees at the College of Jewish Studies in Chicago and the University of Chicago, he did graduate work at Brandeis University
(M.A. 1954) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D. 1960). He joined the Stanford faculty in 1967. Berman's particular
interest was the effect of the translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics on the transmittal of its philosophical concepts.
He taught courses in both Judaism and Islam, and at the time of his death in 1988 was developing a course on the Abrahamic
tradition, attempting to compare the Jewish tradition with Christianity and Islam.
Scope and Contents note
The materials consist of correspondence, research files and teaching materials, and texts of the Nicomachean Ethics that have
been collected in Greek, Arabic, Hebrew and Latin. Also included is his 1959 Ph.D. thesis "Ibn Bajjah and Maimonides: A Chapter
in the History of Political Philosophy" (in Hebrew with English summary).
Processing Information note
The collection is unprocessed.
Preferred Citation note
[identification of item], Lawrence V. Berman Papers (SC0361). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aristotle., Title of a work--Nicomachean ethics.;
Berman, Hannah
Stanford University. Dept. of Religious Studies. -- General subdivision--Faculty.;
Greek literature.
Hebrew literature.
Philosophy.
Religion.
Translations.
Box 1
Microfilm; copies of Nicomachean Ethics (Greek, Arabic, Latin into Hebrew), and/or Kuzri/Judah Halevi
Box 3
Microfilm; computer tape; 1 phono tape
Box 5
Data printouts; original data
Box 8
Research notes (on cards)
Box 9
Research notes (on cards)
Box 10
Research notes (on cards)
Box 11
Research notes (in binders)
Box 12
Iben Kaspi, honor's thesis, data. David Niemer
Correspondence, subject files, and research data:
Box 27-34
Course work and teaching materials
Box 35
Copy of Berman's Ph.D. thesis "Ibn Bajjah and Maimonides: A Chapter in the History of Political Philosophy," 1959 (in Hebrew
with English summary)
