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Isaac Husik

* 01.01.1876
† 01.01.1939 (63 let)

Isaac Husik (1876–1939) was a Jewish historian, translator, and student of philosophy, one of the first three individuals to serve as official faculty at Gratz College in Philadelphia.

Husik was born near Kiev, but because of the worsening climate under the May Laws, in 1888, when he was 10 years old, he moved with his mother to Philadelphia. His father, Wolf Husik, rejoined them the following year. Isaac received his early instruction from his father and from Dr. Sabato Morais, rabbi at the Sephardic congregation Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, and one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Husik attended JTS while preparing for secular studies, and received direct guidance from Dr. Morais, but did not ultimately pursue a rabbinical career.

Husik attended Central High School (Philadelphia), and then enrolled at University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Masters degree in Mathematics in 1899. Ultimately, however, his interests turned to the study of the classics, especially Aristotle, and he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania in 1903. His thesis, entitled Judah Messer Leon's Commentary on the Vetus Logica, was published in Leyden in 1906.

While still a student at Penn, Husik accepted an Instructorship in Hebrew and Bible at Gratz College, but simultaneously remained an instructor in Philosophy at Penn. He eventually left Gratz, and was appointed full Professor of Philosophy at Penn in 1922. He taught classes also at Yeshiva College, Hebrew Union College, and Columbia University Summer School.

In 1923, Husik was appointed editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America, in which capacity he served until his death. He additionally served in a wide range of voluntary communal positions, and married Rose Gorfine late in life. He died suddenly at the age of 63.

Husik's best known work is A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy [1] (Jewish Publication Society, 1916, and several times thereafter), which was considered at the time to be a pioneering effort in English-language scholarship. Like Julius Guttmann's Philosophies of Judaism, Husik's book offers rather thin treatment of mystical topics and thinkers, instead favoring the rational face of Jewish thought. Husik had extensive knowledge of Hebrew, Arabic, German, and Greek, and relied heavily on primary sources in these languages when available.

A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy discusses the philosophies of the following individuals:

Isaac Israeli
David ben Merwan al-Mukkamas
Saadia ben Joseph al-Fayyumi
Joseph al-Basir
Joshua ben Judah
Solomon ibn Gabirol
Bahya ibn Pakuda
Pseudo-Bahya
Abraham bar Hiyya
Joseph ibn Zaddik
Judah Halevi
Moses ibn Ezra
Abraham ibn Ezra
Abraham ibn Daud
Moses Maimonides
Hillel ben Samuel
Levi ben Gerson
Aaron ben Elijah of Nicomedia
Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas
Joseph Albo

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