Lawrence Schiffman’s Obituary of Joseph Baumgarten

An excerpt from an obituary written after Joseph Baumgarten’s death at the end of 2008:

Those who encountered Joseph Baumgarten in the academic world knew that he was a great scholar and a person of utmost integrity. Those who encountered him in the context of the Jewish community knew him as a person of deep religious commitment and utmost traditional Talmudic scholarship. Those who encountered him in both contexts had the opportunity to experience a seamless combination of the two forms of scholarship that in his person were unified as one. He was universally loved and respected throughout his career, and this has been reflected in the outpouring of sorrow at his passing by so many friends.

The full article is: Lawrence H Schiffman, ” Joseph M. Baumgarten, 1928-2008,” SBL Forum , n.p. [cited Dec 2008].