Marvin Fox Papers03.MWalB00310A

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Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 4

Biographical / Historical ................................................................................................................................ 4

Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 5

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 6

Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 6

Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 6

Box 1 ........................................................................................................................................................... 6

Box 2 ........................................................................................................................................................... 7

Box 3 ........................................................................................................................................................... 8

Box 4 ......................................................................................................................................................... 10

Box 5- Course and teaching materials ...................................................................................................... 11

Box 6- Course and teaching materials ...................................................................................................... 12

Box 7 ......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Box 8 ......................................................................................................................................................... 14

Box 9 ......................................................................................................................................................... 16

Box 10 ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

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Box 33 ....................................................................................................................................................... 43

Sa'adia ben Yosef Gaon Materials: Class notes for NEJS116b (Problem of Evil), handwritten notes on

Sefer ha-Emunot veha-Deot, copies of articles by various authors, copies of various treatises (ma'amar)

in Hebrew and English from Sefer ha-Emunot veha-Deot [21 envelopes] ............................................ 43

Sa'adia ben Yosef Gaon Materials: Fox's handwritten notes, articles on Sa'adia's philosophy by various

authors in English, Hebrew, and German, original typescript of Fox's On the Rational Commandments in

Saadia's Philosopy: A Re-examination [22 folders] .............................................................................. 43

Box 34 ....................................................................................................................................................... 46

Box 35 ....................................................................................................................................................... 48

Box 36 ....................................................................................................................................................... 48

Box 37 ....................................................................................................................................................... 49

Box 38 ....................................................................................................................................................... 49

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Box 40 ....................................................................................................................................................... 50

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Box 44 ....................................................................................................................................................... 52


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Summary Information

Repository: Brandeis University

Creator: Jick, Leon A.

Creator: Sarna, Nahum M.

Title: Marvin Fox Papers

ID: 03.MWalB00310A

Date [inclusive]: unknown

Physical Description: 15 Linear Feet

Language of theMaterial:

English

Preferred Citation

[Collection Name], Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department,Brandeis University

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Biographical / Historical

Marvin Fox was a well-known and influential teacher and scholar in the study of Philosophy and JewishThought. He began his studies in Philosophy as an undergraduate at Northwest University, where hereceived his B.A. in 1942. He began his graduate studies at Northwestern, receiving his M.A. in 1946.Fox earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Chicago in 1950; correspondence with theuniversity during this period is found in Box 2. Fox began teaching at Ohio State University in 1948.This is noteworthy, since it was most unusual at that time for a secular institution to hire Jewish faculty.Fox taught in the Philosophy department at OSU for 26 years. During his tenure at OSU, he was alsoinstrumental in launching that institution's program in Jewish Studies. Fox joined Brandeis' Departmentof Near Eastern and Judaic Studies in 1974, where he remained until his retirement in 1994, serving asa professor of Jewish thought, chairman of the NEJS department, and director of the University's LownSchool of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Fox wrote and lectured extensively from very early in hisacademic career. A full bibliography of his writings is found in volume 1 of his Collected Essays, editedposthumously by Neusner. Especially noteworthy is his book-length study on Maimonides, InterpretingMaimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy. Fox was an ordained Rabbi,having received ordination at the Hebrew Theological College of Chicago in 1942. While Fox did not


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serve as a pulpit Rabbi, he served as an Army chaplain during World War II, a period illuminated bymaterials found in boxes 14 and 28.

References: https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/25/us/rabbi-marvin-fox-professor-73-led-school-at-brandeis.html

Schatz, David. Remembering Marvin Fox: One Man's Legacy to Jewish Thought, in Tradition 36:1, pp.59ff, 2002.

Fox, June. Marvin Fox: A Memoir, in Neusner, Jacob, ed. Marvin Fox: Collected Essays on Philosophyand Judaism, vol. 1. Binghamton: Global Studies, 2001.


Scope and Contents

The Marvin Fox Papers follow Professor Fox from his undergraduate days as a student of Philosophythrough his academic career on the Philosophy faculty at Ohio State University and at BrandeisUniversity's Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. Many of his letters address his personalviews on Jewish traditional practice within modern Orthodox Jewry. The collection includes materialsfrom the late 1930s into the early 1990s; most of the material dates from the 1940s to the 1980s. Thematerials are mostly in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. Some of the secondary material noted below are inGerman. The collection includes:

• Correspondence: letters concerning his publications, speaking engagements, academic references, hisrole as an Army chaplain during World War II, his commitment to Orthodox Jewish practice, departmentadministration, sabbaticals, reviews of Fox's writings, his reviews of other authors writings, etc. Letters(and other related materials) document Fox's appointment to, and subsequent resignation from, BrooklynCollege to establish a program in Jewish studies. • Writings: his undergraduate and graduate philosophypapers, articles, and lectures on a variety of topics in Philosophy and Jewish Thought. Of specialinterest is his work on the medieval legalist and philosopher Maimonides. • Course materials: syllabiand examinations, both for Fox's own courses as well as from other teachers beginning in the 1940s. •Secondary material: The collection contains extensive clippings, offprints, and copies of articles, mostlyrelated to Philosophy and Jewish Thought. Fox also collected clippings, mostly in Hebrew and Yiddish,on topics in Jewish practice, such as commentaries on the weekly Sabbath Torah reading. • Notes: Foxmaintained a huge collection of primarily hand-written notes. These were lecture notes, developmentnotes for his on-going studies, bibliographic notes, as well as many examples of his note-taking on hisreadings in primary and secondary.



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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Brandeis University

415 South St.Waltham, MAURL: https://findingaids.brandeis.edu/

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of the Robert D. Farber UniversityArchives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University. Please contact the department formore information.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests to reproduce or publish material from the collection should be directed to the Robert D.Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.


Controlled Access Headings

• Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

Collection Inventory

Box 1

Title/Description Instances

S.Y. Agnon materials (Articles, book reviews, bibliographies),1966

Date [inclusive]: 1966

Box 1

Notes and correspondence about Fox's review of Jacob Agus'"Guideposts in Modern Judaism", includes hand-written notesfrom Nahum Glatzer and Joseph Soloveitchik, 1956

Box 1

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Notes on the Akedah story (Genesis 22), undated

Date [inclusive]: undated

Box 1

Notes on Joseph Albo, undated


Box 1

Notes, papers, article on Aristotle, undated


Box 1

Notes, papers on "Doctrine of the Mean" (4 folders), undated


Box 1

Correspondence pertaining to Fox's revising Fritz Kaufmann'sbook on Thomas Mann (Beacon Press), 1954-1956

Date [inclusive]: 1954-1956

Box 1

Bibliography on St. Augustine, undated


Box 1

Correspondence with Bar Ilan University, 1955-1965


Box 1

Papers and notes in writings of Henri Bergson, 1945, undated

Date [inclusive]: 1945, undated

Box 1


Box 2


Papers on Bishop Berkeley and Thomas Reid, one by June Fox,undated


Box 2

Articles in English and Hebrew following new JPS Torahtranslation, 1963


Box 2

Course bibliographies and reading lists (2 folders), 1960-1966,undated

Date [inclusive]: 1960-1966, undated

Box 2

Correspondence on Fox's "Our Missing Intellectuals" in TheNational Jewish Monthly, 1954-1955


Box 2

Correspondence with Bobbs-Merrill (2 folders), 1949-1962 Box 2


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Materials on Martin Buber, including articles and extensivehandwritten notes sorted into envelopes, 1966-1967, undated


Box 2

Original handwritten draft and typescript of paper on ErnstCassirer's Symbolism, undated


Box 2

Correspondence with Univ. of Chicago philosophy departmentwhile a PhD student there, including reviews of his thesis-in-progress leading up to his thesis defense, 1946-1950


Box 2

Correspondence with Commentary magazine, mostly a heateddialogue with editor Irving Kristol re: a review Fox wrote on anew Heschel book, 1951, 1961-1963

Date [inclusive]: 1951, 1961-1963

Box 2

Correspondence with Rabbis DeKoven and Sperka, 1951-1952


Box 2

Materials re: Hebrew Day Schools, 1952-1953, undated


Box 2

Notes on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1956, undated


Box 2


Box 3


Renee Descartes Materials, Research notes, papers, undated


Box 3

Existentialism Materials, research notes, papers, undated


Box 3

John Dewey Materials, research notes, undergraduate paper (2folders), undated


Box 3

Correspondence re: Fox article "On the Diversity of Methods inDewey's Ethical Theory", 1951-1954


Box 3

Correspondence with Samuel Dresner, 1956-1961 Box 3


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Correspondence with Rabbin Eisenstein and Florence Field, 1953,1958

Date [inclusive]: 1953, 1958

Box 3

Publications concerning education (Brochures and clippings),1937-1950


Box 3

Notes on Epistemology, undated


Box 3

Notes on Ethics, Moral Philosophy, and Religion, undated


Box 3

General "F" Correspondence, 1950-1958


Box 3

Notes on Freedom, undated


Box 3

Notes on Freud, undated


Box 3

Notes on Erich Fromm, undated


Box 3

General "G" Correspondence, 1949-1953


Box 3

General "H" (institution name) Correspondence, 1952-1954


Box 3

Notes on Nicolai Hartmann, undated


Box 3

Correspondence re: Hebrew Theological College (Chicago),1951-1957


Box 3

Notes on Hegel, undated


Box 3

Notes on Hellenistic & Roman Philosophy, 1955, undated


Box 3

Correspondence with Will Herberg, 1952-1957


Box 3

A.J. Heschel Materials Notes and correspondence, 1952-1962,undated

Box 3


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Correspondence re: Fox's article "Heschel, Intuition, and theHalakha" (includes notes from Nahum Glatzer and AlexanderAltman), 1960


Box 3

Correspondence and brochures re: B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation,1954-1955


Box 3

Course materials for "The History of Philosopy", 1950-1955,undated


Box 3

Notes on David Hume, undated


Box 3

Fox's "Horrible Examples": collection of odd letters, clippings,event programs, humor, etc., 1944-1960, undated


Box 3


Box 4


Hume materials, notes, papers, correspondence, paper by JuneFox, undated


Box 4

Research notes, paper, correspondence for paper "Religion andHuman Nature in the Philosophy of David Hume" to appear in theHartshorne Festschrift, 1960-1961, undated


Box 4

Correspondence concerning articles "Religion in Public Schools"and "Religion and Human Nature in the Philosophy of DavidHume", 1965


Box 4

Notes, paper concerning the Philosophy of Edmund Husserl (2folders), undated


Box 4

Course notes - Introduction to Philosophy, 1959-1960


Box 4

Correspondence regarding Sabbatical year in Israel -arrangements, 1969-1970

Box 4


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Various "J" items, mainly correspondence with "Judaism" and"Jewish Center Lecture Bureau", 1952-1960


Box 4

William James materials, research notes, and papers, undated


Box 4


Box 5- Course and teaching materials


Materials for Jewish Studies Courses (schedules, brochures,correspondence), includes Brandeis Hillel brochure (1972),1970-1973, undated


Box 5

Materials and proposals for new courses, 1972, undated


Box 5

JTS Institute for the Teaching of the Post-Biblical Foundationsof Western Civilization (NEH Grant) - proposal, description,bibliographies, study guides, 1978, undated


Box 5

AJS and WJC surveys of current research, 1978


Box 5

Materials on Medieval Jewish Thought (includes notes, articlereprints), 1952-1984, undated


Box 5

Contemporary Jewish Philosophy materials (course materials,correspondence), 1973


Box 5

Materials for Courses on Jewish Mysticism (course notes, exams,correspondence), 1972, 1981-1988, undated

Date [inclusive]: 1972, 1981-1988, undated

Box 5

Notes on Yehudah Halevi's Kuzari, undated


Box 5

Notes on Samson Raphael Hirsch, undated


Box 5

Materials for course on Classical Biblical Commentaries (notes,syllabus, bibliography, exams), 1977-1985

Box 5


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Materials for course on Nefesh ha-#ayyim, undated


Box 5

Materials concerning Hebrew College courses (schedules,correspondence, newsletter), 1990-1991


Box 5

Materials for courses on Modern Jewish Thought ( syllabi,summary of Soloveitchik "The Lonely Man of Faith", 1978-1982,undated


Box 5

Exams for course on The Problem of Evil in Jewish Philosophy,1984, 1989


Box 5

Course materials for NEJS 125 on Midrash Mekhilta, 1976


Box 5

Lecture notes for NEJS 124 "Modern Jewish-Xian ReligiousThoughts", 1978, 1980


Box 5


Box 6- Course and teaching materials


Course materials for "Continuity and Change in Jewish Law andBelief", course materials on Midrash Mekhilta (lecture notes,bibliography), 1983, 1994, undated

Date [inclusive]: 1983, 1994, undated

Box 6

Materials on the Problem of Evil, including course materials forNEJS 116, copy of collection of Holocaust responsa (1963), noteson Job, 1960-1989, undated


Box 6

Materials on the Holocaust, including essay "Human Sufferingand Religious Faith: A Jewish Response to the Holocaust", lecturenotes, 1984-1990, undated


Box 6

Materials for course on Modern Jewish Thought, including notes,NEJS 64 syllabus, 1984


Box 6

Materials for course on History of Jewish Philosophy, includinglecture notes NEJS 131 (1990) syllabus, exams, 1972-1990

Box 6


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Materials on Jewish Prayer including notes, lecture notes,syllabus, undated


Box 6

Materials on academic Jewish studies - program brochures, booklists, correspondence, 1968-1974, undated


Box 6

Materials on Prophecy in Medieval Jewish Philosophy, notes,copy of Maimonides Mishneh Torah on prophecy, 1974, undated


Box 6

Poor Example of Jewish Philosophy, consisting of correspondenceand Fox's review notes of Ibn Daud translation, 1977


Box 6

Syllabi for various courses in Jewish Studies, 1968-1972


Box 6


Box 7


Materials for course on Law, Morality, and Religion, 1983


Box 7

Correspondence with Jewish Theological Seminary andCommentary magazine, 1961-1963


Box 7

Various K and L correspondence, 1948-1955


Box 7

Materials on Kant: notes, articles, bibliographies, paper, undated


Box 7

Fritz Kaufmann Correspondence, 1943-1962


Box 7

Materials on Kierkegaard, undated


Box 7

Correspondence on "Kierkegaard and Rabbinic Judaism" article inJudaism magazine, 1953-1954


Box 7

Materials on Rabbi Abraham Kook: paper, Hebrew newspaperarticles, 1959, undated

Box 7


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Materials on Leibniz: notes, student papers, undated


Box 7

Materials on John Locke: notes, student papers, undated


Box 7

Correspondence with Sam Margolin concerning his daughter'sadmission to OSU, 1952


Box 7

Materials regarding paper "Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle andMaimonides": notes, correspondence, 1975, undated


Box 7

Materials on Maimonides: papers, including a 1940 student paperwhich is an English translation of Maimonides' Essay on Rewardand Punishment from his commentary on the Mishna, 1940,undated


Box 7

Materials on Natural Law in Maimonides and Aquinas: paper,notes, correspondence, selections from "Guide for the Perplexed",1967, undated


Box 7

Materials regarding paper "Maimonides' Account of DivineCausality": paper, notes, correspondence, conference brochure,1985-1987, undated


Box 7

Materials regarding paper "Maimonides' Theory of Prayer": notes,paper, 1974, undated


Box 7


Box 8


Materials on paper "A New View Maimonides' Method ofContradictions": paper, correspondence, abstract in Hebrew, notescopies of articles by various authors, 1986-1988, undated


Box 8

Materials on paper "The Limits of Reason in the Thought ofMaimonides": notes, paper; materials on lecture series at SpertusCollege 1974, 1974, undated

Box 8


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Research notes on "Creation and Eternity in the Philosophy ofMaimonides", undated


Box 8

Lecture on "Moses Maimonides & Challenge of Modernity", 1985


Box 8

Lecture notes, research notes, and other materials, onMaimonidies, including extensive lecture notes on "Guide for thePerplexed" (3 folders), 1976-1989, undated


Box 8

Paper entitled "Maimonides on the Jewish Creed", undated


Box 8

Materials on review of Federbush, ed., "Maimonides - HisTeachings and Personality" (published 1956): review piece;correspondence on unnamed earlier review, 1953-1954, undated


Box 8

Course notes on Medieval Philosophy; notes for radio talks onMedieval Philosophy (1956), 1956, undated


Box 8

Research notes and student paper on John Stuart Mills, undated


Box 8

Materials concerning miracles: notes and correspondence, undated


Box 8

Notes on G. E. Moore, undated


Box 8

Correspondence, 1952, 1954


Box 8

Notes on Nietzche, undated


Box 8

Correspondence with various persons at Northwestern University,1941-1954


Box 8

Materials concerning OSU: correspondence, lecture notes; someletters (1957) refer to possibility of Fox coming to Brandeis.,1948-1957, 1981

Date [inclusive]: 1948-1957, 1981

Box 8

OSU Research Grant, 1952 Box 8


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Box 9


"P" Correspondence (mostly with the editor of National JewishPost), 1948-1952


Box 9

Correspondence with Panim el Panim, 1961


Box 9

OSU Philosophy Ph. D. Exam question, 1956, undated


Box 9

Fox's Ph. D. qualifying examinations, 1947


Box 9

Phenomenology bibliography, undated


Box 9

Materials on Philosophy of Religion: notes, copy of article onAquinas, undated


Box 9

Plato: lecture notes, research materials, papers by Fox's students,1953, 1980, 1989, undated

Date [inclusive]: 1953, 1980, 1989, undated

Box 9

Materials on Plato: research notes, articles by various authors(2 folders), papers by Fox's students, Fox's student paper "TheDoctrine of Being in Plato and Aristotle", 1943, 1969, undated


Box 9

Correspondence concerning Fox's "The Trials of Socrates",including note from Sachar, offprint from Nahum Glatzer sent toFox with note, 1955-1960


Box 9

Research notes on Pre-Socratic Philosophers, undated


Box 9

Notes for radio course on Ethics, 1958


Box 9

Lecture and research notes on various topics in Jewish studies,including 1972 AJS lecture, 1956 1977

Box 9


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Date [inclusive]: 1956 1977


Box 10


Lecture notes for numerous group addresses, mostly focused onreligion (including a talk on the occasion of his son Daniel's beingcalled to the Torah prior to his wedding) (3 folders), 1952-1981,undated


Box 10

Lecture notes and research notes for numerous group addresses,mostly focused on religion and/or philosophy (2 folders),1952-1983, undated


Box 10

Research notes and copies of articles on Plato's Phaedra, undated


Box 10


Box 11


Lecture notes for Shabbat ha-Gadol given at the Ahavat Shalomsynagogue, includes copy of section from the book Musaf ha-Pardes (1966 ,(##### ####


Box 11

Yiddish newspaper clippings, including translations andcommentary on Talmudic and Biblical passages, Torah (i.e.,general Judaic) study, undated


Box 11

Clippings by/about Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, mostly Hebrewand Yiddish, list of Soloveitchik's shiurim (religious lectures),handwritten letter in Hebrew from Fox to Soloveitchik concerningthe state of Orthodoxy in Columbus, 1955-1977, undated


Box 11

Review of Adar Humanistic Values in the Bible (1967), originalmanuscript and two typescript versions, research notes, undated


Box 11

Review of Berkovitz Faith After the Holocaust (1973), typescriptsand notes, undated

Box 11


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Review of Blau The Story of Jewish Philosophy and AbrahamsThe Jewish Mind, appeared in Commentary Magazine (1963),manuscript, typescript, notes, 1963


Box 11

Review of Cohen The Natural and the Supernatural Jew,manuscript, typescript, notes, letter from Cohen to Fox in responseto the review, 1963


Box 11

Review of Dresner The Zaddik (1960), manuscript, typescript,correspondence, 1960


Box 11

Review of Efros Ancient Jewish Philosophy, manuscript,typescript, correspondence, 1965, undated


Box 11

Review of Fackkenheim Quest for Past and Future: Essay inJewish Theology (1968), typescript and notes, undated


Box 11

Review of Gordis A Faith for the Moderns, appeared inCommentary magazine October, 1961, manuscript, typescript,correspondence in reponse to the review, 1961-1962


Box 11

Review of Heschel Who is Man and The Insecurity of Freedom:Essays on Human Existence, notes and typescripts, undated


Box 11

Review of Hook Religion in a Free Society, manuscript,typescript, notes, correspondence, 1969-1970


Box 11

Review of Kadushin Worship and Ethics: A Study in RabbinicJudaism (appeared in Commentary), manuscript, edited typescript,correspondence, 1964


Box 11


Box 12


Review of Shmueli Bein Emunah Likfirah (###### ##### ###1961) and Kertzer The Art of Being a Jew (1962), manuscript,typescript, notes, undated

Box 12


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Review of Lewittes The Light of Redemtion (1971), typescript,notes, undated


Box 12

Review of Petuchowski Ever Since Sinai (1961) to appear inJudaism magazine, typescript, notes, correspondence (includingletter from Petuchowski to Fox), 1961


Box 12

Correspondence following review of Pines and Strauss' translationof Guide of the Perplexed, 1966


Box 12

Review of Plaut The Rise of Reform Judaism: A Sourcebook of itsEuropean Origins (1963 Edition), notes, typescript, undated


Box 12

Review of Rosenfield Portrait of a Philosopher: Morris R. Cohenin Life and Letters (1962), manuscript and typescript, undated


Box 12

Review of Rotenstreich Jewish Philosophy in Modern Times(to appear in Commentary magazine), notes, manuscript, editedtypescript, 1970


Box 12

Review of Rotenstreich Tradition and Reality (to appear inCommentary), manuscripts, typescript, 1972


Box 12

Review of Rubenstein After Auchschwitz (1966) and TheReligious Imagination (1968), appeared in Commentary June1969, notes manuscript, typescript, correspondence, 1969


Box 12

Review of Wolf (editor) Rediscovering Judaism: Reflections on aNew Theology (1965) (appeared in Commentar February 1966) ,manuscript, typescript, 1966


Box 12

Review of Wolfson Religious Philosophy: A group of Essays(1961), typescript, correspondence, 1962


Box 12

Review of Wolfson Jubilee Volume (1965), typescripts, undated


Box 12

Fox's article to appear in special issue of Commentary on Judaismand Jewish belief, correspondence, manuscript, typescript, 1966

Box 12


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Research notes on Rousseau's "Social Contract", undated


Box 12

Lecture notes, transcripts for numerous public lectures, including4/26/1950 lecture to "Brandeis University Group"B'nai BrithInstitutes for Judaism Themes and Faculty Guide, 1945-1961


Box 12

Student paper on Russell "Scientific Method in Philosophy",manuscript, typescript with professor's comments, undated


Box 12

Correspondence with University of Chicago Press regardingpaperback edition of Fox's Interpreting Maimonides, 1994


Box 12

Correspondence (primarily with University of Chicago Press)regarding publication of Fox's Interpreting Maimonides, 1989


Box 12

Interpreting Maimonides royalty statements, 1990


Box 12

Correspondence regarding reprint permissions for material to beincluded in forthcoming Interpreting Maimonides, 1997-1988


Box 12


Box 13


Correspondence with JPS and University of Chicago Pressregarding terminating JPS' agreement to publish, and Chicago'sassuming agreement to publish, Interpreting Maimonidies,1988-1989


Box 13

Correspondence regarding readers' responses to readingInterpreting Maimonidies, 1990


Box 13

Correspondence with Schocken Books and JPS regardingpublication of Interpreting Maimonides, 1987-1988


Box 13

Reviews of Interpreting Maimonides, correspondence regardingreviews, including some pre-publication reviews by University ofChicago Press readers (2 folders), 1989-1994

Box 13


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Clippings from ha-Do'ar (American Hebrew Weekly): Liqqutimle-Farashat ha-Shavu'ah "Collected Notes on the Weekly TorahPortion", 1960-1967


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portionsBereshit through Toldot, sermon notes, lecture by Leo Stress onInterpretation of Genesis (1957), 1955, 1957, undated


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portions Va-yetze through Va-yehi, undated


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portions Va-yetze through Va-yehi, undated


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portionsShemot through Yitro, undated


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portionsMishpatim through Pekude, lecture notes, undated


Box 13

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portions Va-yikra through Metsora, lecture notes, 1979, undated


Box 13


Box 14


Clippings in Yiddish on weekly Torah portions Ahare through Be-hukotai, undated


Box 14

Clippings in Yiddish on weekly Torah portions Be-midbar throughKorah, undated


Box 14

Clippings in Yiddish on weekly Torah portions Be-midbar throughKorah, lecture notes, undated


Box 14

Clippings in Yiddish and Hebrew on weekly Torah portions Tetrethrough Berakhah, lecture notes, 1950-1958, undated

Box 14


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Lecture,/sermon notes from the WWII period and following,1944-1949, undated


Box 14

Speech to Chicago Brandeis Club, 1981


Box 14

Various "S" Correspondence, 1948-1953, undated


Box 14

Research notes on Schlick "Problems of Ethics", undated


Box 14

Correspondence with the Schlipps, including long travelogue letterfrom Paul Schlipp (editor of Library of Living Philosophers) inpost-war Europe (1948), copies of letters between Paul Schlippand Albert Einstein, 1948-1975


Box 14

Materials on "Philosophy of Science", primarily course syllabi,1947-1959, undated


Box 14

Correspondence regarding speeches and other engagements,including many letters during Rabbi Fox's tenure as base chaplainat Wright Field (Dayton, OH), 1944-1948


Box 14

Materials on Social and Political Philosophy: lecture notes,manuscript and typescript for essay on Reinhold Niebuhr, 1946,1948


Box 14

Notes on Herbert Spencer, undated


Box 14

Materials on Baruch Spinoza: research notes, clipping, essay,undated


Box 14

Correspondence regarding Rabbinical College of Telshe HighSchool (Cleveland), 1952-1953


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Correpondence with Jacob Taubes, 1954-1955, undated


Box 15

Correspondence regarding Fox's receiving OSU's "GoodTeaching" award, 1962


Box 15

Essay on "The Theistic Bases of Ethics", undated


Box 15

Materials on Paul Tillich: research notes, essays, 1960, undate

Date [inclusive]: 1960, undate

Controlled Access Headings:

• Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

Box 15

Correspondence regarding Fox's article "Tillich's Ontology andGod", 1961-1962


Box 15

Correspondence with J. Vogelhaum and S. Vigoda, 1952-1954


Box 15

Miscellaneous: various correspondence, long New Yorker articleby Edmund Wilson on reading Genesis and a reponse, 1951-1954


Box 15

Correspondence with Yeshiva University, 1961


Box 15

Anti-Zionist and Assimilation Propaganda, mostly concerning"Basic Principles of Congregation Beth Zion, Houston, Texas",1943-1944, undated


Box 15

Zionist Movement, including New York Times clipping (Dec.1948) concerning Anthony Eden's urging the establish of a Britishenvoy in Tel Aviv, 1948, undated


Box 15

Materials regarding America Society for Christian Ethics:correspondence, conference schedule, research notes, essayon "The Philosophical Foundations of Jewish Ethics and theirRelations to Public Policy", 1980


Box 15

Fox-Johnson Course Plans (joint NEJS/HIDEA course on"Modern Jewish-Christian Religious Thought"): correspondence,bibliography, notes, 1977-1978


Box 15

Pirkei Avot #### #### lecture notes, Hebrew text withcommentary, undated

Box 15


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Correspondence regarding Congregation Beth-Tzedec (Toronto),1971-1974


Box 15


Box 16


Clippings (mostly Yiddish), lecture notes, pamphlets, articles onSukkot, 1960-1966, undated


Box 16

Clippings (mostly Yiddish and Hebrew), lecture notes, pamphlets,articles on Passover, 1960-1981, undated


Box 16

Clippings (mostly Yiddish and Hebrew), lecture notes, pamphlets,articles on Shavu'ot, 1960-1971, undated


Box 16

Materials regarding the High Holidays, lecture notes, clippings(Yiddish and Hebrew), Lecture in Yiddish with English translationby the Lubavitcher Rebbe (1969), early (1940s) High Holidaysermons (3 folders), 1943-1981


Box 16


Box 17


Materials regarding the High Holidays: clippings (Hebrew andYiddish), notes, 1961-1962, undated


Box 17

Materials for marriage ceremonies, circumcision, funerals andeulogies (particularly eulogies which Fox delivered), 1954-1993


Box 17

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant:correspondence, misc. items, applications, biographies, curriculumvitae, 1979-1981


Box 17

Fellowship applications: applications, correspondence, misc.items, reports, newsletters, notes, booklets, post cards, 1961-1963

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"Religion in Life" (OSU event) correspondence, regarding OSU'sdesire to screen guest speakers at the OSU campus, perceived byFox as threatening academic freedom., 1951


Box 17

Materials regarding establishment of Melton Chair in JewishHistory and Studies at OSU; correspondence regarding MeltonHebrew Library Fund at OSU, 1965-1969


Box 17

Materials (primarily correspondence) regarding Salomon S.Meyer, antiquarian bookseller in Amsterdam, dealing withacquisitions for the OSU library, some personal correspondence,1967-1970


Box 17

Conference on Jewish Philosophy materials: correspondence,ballots, notes, postcards, 1967-1968


Box 17

Examinations for various Philosophy courses, mostly taught byFox (13 folders), 1945-1972, undated


Box 17


Box 18


Materials regarding Fox's article "The Unity and Structure ofRabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's Thought": typescript, publisher'sproof, correspondence, 1988-1989, undated


Box 18

Course materials (examinations, syllabi, bibliographies, studyguides, notes) for various Philosophy course (17 folders),1940-1974, undated


Box 18

Materials regarding "terminal" course in Philosophy at BrownUniversity: paper, syllabi, 1953


Box 18

Course materials (course descriptions, syllabi, notes, misc. items,clippings) (12 folders), 1946-1968, undated

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Correspondence regarding Fox's article "Some Problems inBuber's Moral Philosophy" (in Buber volume of Library of LivingPhilosophers), 1967


Box 18

Correspondence regarding Fox's article "Some Problems inBuber's Moral Philosophy" (in Buber volume of Library of LivingPhilosophers): includes transcription of Buber's own responseto Fox's article, correspondence, correspondence regardingsubsequent German translation of the article, 1958-1962


Box 18

Correspondence regarding planning for the Buber volume ofLibrary of Living Philosophers, 1956


Box 18

Materials regarding Fox's article "R. Isaac Arama's PhilosophicalExegesis of the Golden Calf Episode" in the Nahum Sarnafestschrift, undated

Creator: Sarna, Nahum M.


Box 18


Box 19


Materials regarding Fox's article "What Do We Expect of JewishStudies in the University?" in Sh'ma: typescripts, correspondence,1988-1989


Box 19

Introduction to a book on Hebrew manuscripts, undated


Box 19

Presidential report and Altman tribute at 1976 AJS meeting,correspondence with Al Neiman concerning his academicpreparation, 1976-1978


Box 19

Review of Yovel, Spinoza and Other Heretics (1989): typescriptand correspondence, 1990


Box 19

Article on "Jewishness and Judaism at Brandeis University":typescript and correspondence with Cross Currents, 1993

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Materials regarding Fox's comments on Gordis article "ADynamic Halakah": proof of Gordis article, early and finaltypescript of Fox's comments, correspondence with Judaism, 1979


Box 19

Materials regarding Fox's paper "The Role of Philosophy inJewish Studies" presented at 1978 AJS annual conference: notes,original manuscript, early and final version of typescript, prooffrom conference proceeding, 1978


Box 19

Materials regarding 1986 CUNY conference on Rav Kook,primarily two papers (Kaplan and Fine) to be delivered (withcorrespondence) and Fox's hand-written comments on these twopapers, 1986


Box 19

Materials regarding Fox's article in forthcoming Kook anthology"Rav Kook: Neither Philosopher nor Kabbalist": typescript, proof,correspondence, 1987-1994


Box 19

Review of Kramer (editor) Perspectives on Maimonides:Philosophical and Historical Studies: typscript, proofs,correspondence with Times Literary Supplement, 1991


Box 19

Notes and correspondence regarding (apparently) to The MoralPhilosophy of Mohusai, 1983, undated


Box 19

Materials regarding "Law and Morality in the Thought ofMaimonides" presented to 1985 conference in Tel Aviv:typescripts, correspondence, conference announcement,1985-1986


Box 19

Materials regarding Fox's article "The Holiness of the Holy Land"to appear in a volume on Religious Zionism: correspondence,typescript, copies of Hebrew and Yiddish articles, notes,typescript of speech, 1976-1988, undated


Box 19

Materials regarding Fox's article "The Mishna as a Source forJewish Ethics": typescript, proofs, notes, 1993, undated


Box 19

Materials regarding review article on Wyschogrod, The Body ofFaith: typescript, notes, correspondence, 1985-1986

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Materials regarding prepartion of Fox festschrift: correspondence,Fox bibilography, title and contents pages, article proposals,1988-1989


Box 19

Fox paper "Jewish Philosophical Thought and Educational Values:Moral Philosophy in Jewish Education": early and final version oftypescript, undated


Box 19

Materials regarding Fox's paper "Philosophy and Religious Valuesin Modern Jewish Thought", to be presented at AJS meeting 1974:typescript, abstract, notes, meeting announcement, 1974, undated


Box 19


Box 20


Materials regarding Fox's paper "Law and Ethics in ModernJewish Philosopy", presented at the AAJR annual meeting 1973:correspondence (including with Alexander Altman), conferenceschedule, typescript, notes, 1973-1976


Box 20

Miscellaneous mostly personal correspondence: many of whichare letters in Hebrew from Rabbi Avraham Krol (Warsaw Ghettosurvivor, according to one of the letters), 1949-1988


Box 20

Miscellaneous materials: clippings, correspondence (includingletters from Sachar), articles, brochures, postcards, etc. NOTE:Some personal correspondence should be considered confidential.(3 folders), 1962-1988


Box 20

Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought: correspondence,meeting minutes, financial ledger, invoices (2 folders), 1972-1975


Box 20

Materials regarding prepartion of a volume on Ethics:correspondence with potential contributors,, 1972-1973


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Correspondence regarding volume on Prayer (1974 ,(##### Box 20


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Transcripts of two lectures, one of Pirkei Avot and one on RavKuk, undated


Box 20


Box 21


International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization: reports, budgets, correspondence, misc. items,1988-1989, undated


Box 21

International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization: seminar and workshop programs/agendas, 1981-1989


Box 21

International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization - projects: reports, correspondence (2 folders),1984-1990, undated


Box 21

International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization - 10th anniversary celebration: planning notes,correspondence (including letter from Pres. Handler), 1990,undated


Box 21

Materials regarding Fox lecture delivered at Bar Ilan "Man as aSupreme Value in Judaism": lecture notes, notes, article excerpts,1983


Box 21

International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization - evaluation by Fox: correspondence, report, 1990


Box 21

Materials regarding paper on Mendelsohn's contribution on19thcentury: notes, bibilographies, journal abbreviation list

Box 21

Moshe Davis correspondence, 1988-1990


Box 21

Moshe Davis - Establishment of University Jewish Studiesprograms in Africa: correspondence, minutes, 1980-1989


Box 21

Moshe Davis - Establishment of University Jewish Studiesprograms in Europe: correspondence, report, 1989-1990

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Moshe Davis - Establishment of University Jewish Studiesprograms in former Soviet republics: correspondence, report,1989-1990


Box 21

Moshe Davis - Establishment of University Jewish Studiesprograms in the Pacific region: correspondence, minutes,1988-1990


Box 21

Moshe Davis - Spreading Israeli Culture in the Diaspora:correspondence, minutes, 1980-1990


Box 21

Moshe Davis - UNESCO: correspondence, 1988-1990


Box 21

Moshe Davis - writings on Zionism and Jews in the Diaspora:articles, booklets, essays, 1975-1989, undated


Box 21

International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization: correspondence, project #88-1005-01 reports,budgets

Box 21


Box 22


Materials regarding volumne on Prayer: correspondence,clippings, abstracts of lectures, 1973-1977, undated


Box 22

Correspondence regarding The Institute for Judaism andContemporary Thought, 1976-1977


Box 22

Letters of consent and other correspondence from contributors toJewish Ethics in Theory and Practice, 1973-1974


Box 22

Jewish Ethics: clippings, 1972, undated


Box 22

Modern Jewish Ethics: Theory and Practice (edited by Fox):Reviews, correspodence, articles, notes, contracts, receipts;correspondence regarding volume on Prayer (2 folders),1972-1978, undated

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Simon Akiva corresondence, 1973


Box 22

Yeshiva University - Bernard Revel Graduate School:correspondence, reports, minutes, catalogs, curriculum proposals,misc. items [R], 1986-1992


Box 22


Box 23


Current Year Personal Material: primarily Brandeis academic/administrative correspondence; includes correspondence regardingFox's appointment to the NEJS department (1973); some materialsmarked "Confidential" (2 folders), 1973-1984


Box 23

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein: correspondence, biographies,curriculum vitae, 1986-1987


Box 23

Correspondence, academic year report, notes: primarily Brandeisacademic/administrative correspondence, 1981-1982


Box 23

Jewish Philosophy program materials: bibliography, currentperiodicals, 1977, undated


Box 23

Ph.D Requirements in Jewish Philosophy: examinations,bibliographies, 1977-1987


Box 23

Alexander Altman materials (mostly following his death):receipts, correspondence, obituaries, curriculum vitae, misc. items,1985-1987


Box 23

Brandeis University NEJS Department Ph. D. Program: coursebibliographies, doctoral exam bibliographies, dissertationproposals, correspondence, misc. items (5 folders), 1972-1989,undated


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Brandeis NEJS and UHUM Course Materials: examinations,examination prep. study guides, book lists, syllabi, classassignments, course evaluations, misc. items (9 folders),1974-1992


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Box 25


Shaul Magid Dissertation Proposal, 1992


Box 25

Michael Zank Dissertation Proposal, 1992


Box 25

Letters of recommendation and supporting materials (2 folders),1994-1995


Box 25

Sharon Green: materials regarding Ph. D. dissertation(correspondence, dissertation chapter), 1992


Box 25

Ezra Labaton: materials regarding Ph. D. dissertation(correspondence,, 1983-1990, undated


Box 25

Report to the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture: AnEvaluation of the International Center for University Teaching ofJewish Civilization, 1990


Box 25

Materials regarding pork/shellfish in dining halls, Founders' Daymeeting on Saturday, omission of Jewish holiday names fromuniversity bulletin: correspondence, clippings, 1987


Box 25

Institute of Traditional Judaism: correspondence,clippings, ,mission statement, program description, 1990


Box 25

Michael Zank: Justifications of Jewish Beliefs in the Contextsof Modern Thought: Modern Jewish Philosophies from MosesMendellssohn to Emil Fackenheim - bibliography, undated

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Miscellaneous 1991: letters, biography, etc., 1991


Box 25

Miscellaneous 1991-1992: letters, pamphlet, library reserve list,1991-1992


Box 25

Correspodence with David Weiss Halivni, 1991, undated


Box 25

Correspondence regarding the publication of the Fox festschrift,1989


Box 25

Matis Weinberg correspondence, papers, 1987-1988


Box 25

Materials regarding Ivry review of Samuelson's work on IbnDaud's The Exalted Faith: copy of review, Samuelson's letter ofresponse, undated


Box 25

Materials regarding the Rawidowicz Memorial Fund: budgets,reports, correspondence, misc. items, 1976-1989


Box 25

Academic Activities Reports, academic/administrativecorrespondence, 1980-1990


Box 25


Box 26


Books on Plato: research notes, index cards, undated


Box 26

Memo from Ken Abbott (OSU) to Fox regarding lex and themeaning of law, 1967


Box 26

Books on Kant: research notes, bibliographic cards, undated


Box 26

Books and articles on Kant, Plato: research notes, bibliographiccards, undated

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Books on Kant: research notes, bibliographic cards, undated


Box 26

Books on Plato: research notes, index cards, undated


Box 26

Research notes in Hebrew on index cards regarding Ahavah andYir'ah (2 envelopes), undated


Box 26

Bibliographic index cards, library request cards on various topics,undated


Box 26

Requests for library acquisitions, undated


Box 26

Bibliographic index cards for articles regarding IslamicPhilosophy, undated


Box 26

Bibliographic index cards for articles regarding ReligiousLanguage, undated


Box 26

Bibliographic index cards for books regarding ReligiousLanguage, undated


Box 26


Box 27


McCarthy, James D.: letter, curriculum vitae, paper, 1974


Box 27

Sidorksy, David: letter, paper, 1974


Box 27

Folder marked "Awaiting Action": correspondence, letters andpapers from James D. McCarthy, misc. items, 1972-1973, undated


Box 27

Miscellaneous items: materials concerning David Weiss HaLivni,letters concerning NEJS faculty search, eulogy for AlexanderAltmann, email, 1989-1993

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Miscellaneous: Moshe Feinstein letter regarding Detroiteruv, International Center for University Teaching of JewishCivilization (Jewish Philosophy Workshop), misc. items, 1980,1992, undated


Box 27

Alfred I. Tauber papers: The Immunological Self, extract fromMedical Metaphors, 1990


Box 27

Wolfson, Elliot R.: letter, curriculum vitae, 1992


Box 27

Brooklyn College materials, primarily regarding establishment ofJewish Studies program and Fox's appointment and subsequentresignation: brochures, correspondence, class listings (5 folders)Note: Should the resignation materials be marked Confidential?,1969-1971


Box 27


Box 28


"A" folder: correspondence with Agus, Akron correspondents,Bill ?, Abramowitz; lecture notes, 194?-1955, undated

Date [inclusive]: 194?-1955, undated

Box 28

Miscellaneous academic materials: notes, syllabi, handouts, 1941,undated


Box 28

Rabbi Morris Adler (Congregation Shaarey Zedek):correspondence, temple bulletin, 1953-1958


Box 28

American Book Company: correspondence, book proposals,1949-1951


Box 28

Materials regarding post-graduate scholarship and timeapplications to pursue research on Maimonides, 1956


Box 28

Materials regarding Fox's Army service as a chaplain: officialArmy correspondence, orders, 1943-1945

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Miscellaneous correspondence during Fox's Army service as achaplain [R], 1943-1945


Box 28

Materials regarding the Associated Legislative Rabbinate ofAmerica: correspondence with Samuel Weisberg, rabbinicdeclaration women serving in the Israeli army is valid accordingto Jewish law, rabbinic Kashrut declaration for the Zion sausagecompany, 1953-1955


Box 28

"B" correspondence, 1952-1959


Box 28

B'nai Brith Institutes: correspondence, programs, lecture notes (3folders), 1951-1959


Box 28

Undergraduate "Intellectual Diaries" for a philosophy course,undated


Box 28

Fan mail from students, 1952


Box 28

Correspondece regarding Rabbi Elliot Finkel, 1959


Box 28

Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh: correspondence regarding job offeras Dean of the school, 1959


Box 28

Jewish Horizon (published by Religious Zionists of America):correspondence, form letters, 1957


Box 28

Jewish Publication Society: correspondence, 1961-1962


Box 28

Materials regarding the issue of "mixed pews" at religiousservices: articles, Louisiana court case, Fall 1956 issue ofConservative Judaism, 1955-1957


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Ner Israel Rabbinical College: accreditation report,correpondence, bulletin, 1952-1953


Box 29

Correspondence regarding proposed anthology (with Browning) ofphilosophical readings: Prentice-Hall, Henry Holt and Company,1950-1952


Box 29

Miscellaneous religious ceremony programs, 1945-1951


Box 29

Materials regarding religious observance (primarily "mixedpews") at Agudas Achim Synagogue in Columbus, OH:correspondence (including Soloveitchik letter), articles, programs,1955-1962


Box 29

Miscellaneous term papers (2 folders), 1939-1940


Box 29

Torah Umesorah (National Society for Hebrew Day Schools):corresondence primarily with Joseph Kaminetsky (Jewish ParentsMagazine editor), 1953-1955


Box 29

Tradition (Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought): correspondence,1957-1959


Box 29

Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America:correspondence, model constitution, 1955-1958


Box 29


Box 30


Weisberg, Rabbi Samuel: correspondence, 1954-1960


Box 30

Barry and Richard Wolman: correspondence, 1956-1959, undated


Box 30

Miscellaneous correspondence, items: folder marked "For Filing",1971-1974


Box 30

OSU/Jewish Theological Seminary joint Melton Conference:correspondence, paper, misc. items, 1972-1973

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Jewish Research Center Melton Research Center: correspondence,project, curriculum proposal, 1972-1973


Box 30

Association for Jewish Studies: correspondence, conferenceprogram, newsletter, reports, graduate student registry, 1972-1973


Box 30

American Jewish Committee Consultation on Jewish Education:correspondence, summary report, 1972


Box 30

Fox's Curriculum Vitae, 1972


Box 30

OSU Jewish Studies program: notes, brochure, clipping, report,correspondence, 1972-1973


Box 30

Correspondence regarding publication of a book by YonahMalachy (scholar in the field of American Fundamentalist viewson Zionism) just prior to and following his death, 1972


Box 30

OSU Correspondence, 1973


Box 30


Box 31


Fink, Howard: correspondence, articles, 1974


Box 31

Schumm and Lycan Philosophy course syllabus, 1973


Box 31

America Association of University Professors: Policy Documentsand Reports, 1971


Box 31

Association for Jewish Studies Nominating Committee:correspondence, nomination papers, 1994


Box 31

Yeshiva University Azrieli Graduate Institute Advizory Council:correspondence, minutes, pamphlet, 1992-1995

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Yeshiva University, various departments: correspondence,minutes, catalog, announcements, 1989-1993


Box 31

Yeshiva University report: Developing Jewish Educators: AStrategic Plan for Yeshiva University, 1991


Box 31

Correspondence: some letters refer to the "Brooklyn CollegeAffair", handwritten letter from author Herman Wouk, letter fromLeon Jick; OSU pay scale; lecture topics, 1965-1971

Creator - crp: Jick, Leon A.


Box 31

Correspondence regarding faculty appointments, posthumouspublication of Yonah Malchy's book, etc., 1972-1974


Box 31

UCLA Graduate Program in Modern Hebrew Literature:correspondence, reading guide, 1972


Box 31

Fox, Turnull CVs, undated


Box 31

Miscellaneous items, including Rackman letter following"Brooklyn College Affair", 1971, undated


Box 31

Materials regarding a Report to Carlton College on theDevelopment of Jewish Studies Program: correspondence, report,notes, NEH grant to provide a stipend for a consultant (Fox) tocarry out the study, 1978-1980


Box 31


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Maimonides - Introduction to the ##### ##### (Perush ha-Mishnah), handwritten notes on various topics, n.d.

Date [inclusive]: n.d.

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Topics of the Rambam (Maimonides) in his ##### ##### (Perushha-Mishnah), handwritten notes on various topics, n.d.

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Topics of the Rambam (Maimonides), handwritten notes onvarious topics, n.d.


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The Theology of Maimonides: other people's comments,handwritten notes, n.d.


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Maimonides - The Doctrine of the Near & Responses to Aristotle,handwritten notes, n.d.


Box 32

Heschel on Maimonides, handwritten and typed note cards, n.d.


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Notes on articles from the Monatsschrift für die Geschichte undWissenschaft des Judenthums (MGWJ) and other journals, n.d.


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Handwritten notes on the Mean in Rambam (Maimonides) and"Philosophy, Science, Reason", n.d.


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More topics discussed by Maimonides, handwritten notes, n.d.


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Problems in Maimonides, handwritten notes, n.d.


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Lectures on Maimonides, 1953, 1955, 1966, n.d.

Date [inclusive]: 1953, 1955, 1966, n.d.

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More topics on Maimonidies as interpreted by Heschel,handwritten notes, n.d.


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Correspondence re: Dr. Moshe Einstadter, 1994


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Curriculum Vitae and recommendation for Dr. Manuel Duarte DeOiveira, 1994


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Recommendation and correspondence re: Dr. Ruth Langer, 1994


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Recommendation for Michael Zank, 1994


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Correspondence re: Hanna Kasher, 1994 Box 32


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Recommendation for Leon J. Weinberger to translate A. David'sImmigration & Settlement, 1994


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Evaluation of Saul Bernstein Jew and World for the SUNY Press[R], 1994


Box 32

Recommendation for Lester A. Segal for Visiting ScholarsProgramme at Oxford Centre of Post-Graduate Hebrew Studies,1994


Box 32

Correspondence re: recommendation for Dr. David Weiss-Halivnito receive Heinz Award, 1994


Box 32

Report on Menahem Kellner's Must a Jew Believe Anything?,1994


Box 32

Correspondence and report on "The Use of Midrash inMaimonides" for the AJS Review, 1994


Box 32

Correspondence and report on "Wasted Seed: The History of aRabbinic Idea" for the Hebrew Union College Annual, 1994


Box 32

Recommendation for Yochanan Silman's promotion to fullprofessor at Bar-Ilan University, 1993


Box 32

Correspondence re: Dr. Benson Saler's promotion to FullProfessor of Anthropology, 1994


Box 32

Recommendation for financial aid for Michael Zank's post-doctoral research, 1994


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Statement to JPS on Walter S. Wurzburger's Ethics ofResponsibility, 1994


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Recommendation for Dr. Philip Cohen at the National JewishCenter for Learning and Leadership (CLAL), 1994


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Recommendation for Elliot R. Wolfson to the NEH SummerSeminars for College Teachers, 1994

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Recommendation for Professor of Jewish Studies at HarvardUniversity, 1994


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Recommendation for Scott Kahn for admission to PhD program atUniversity College, London, 1994


Box 32

Recommendation for Julian Ungar for admission to summersession at Dartmouth College, 1994


Box 32

Letter to Wayne State University Press in favor of producinga paperback version of Jay Berkovitz The Shaping of JewishDestiny in 19th Century France, 1994


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Recommendation for Dr. Ruth Langer, 1994


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Correspondence re: Dr. Shaul Magid, 1994


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Aryeh E. Cohen resume, 1994


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Correspondence with Milton Konvitz, 1994


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Correspondence with Rabbi Axelrad regarding the Orthodoxcommunity at Brandeis, 1994


Box 32

Ccrrespondence regarding tenure for Dr. Aharon Shear-Yashuv atBar-Ilan University, 1994


Box 32

Reference for David H. Aaron for a Howard Foundation grantsupporting an early sabbatical leave, 1993


Box 32

Recommendation for Jill L. Hammer for admission to the JTSRabbinical School, 1993


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Reference for Dr. Allan Arkush for tenure at SUNY Binghamton,1993


Box 32

Correspondence with the journal Shofar re: suitability of an articlefor publication, 1993

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Report on Jacob Neusner Judaism's Theological Voice forpublication by the University of Chicago Press, 1993


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Box 33

Sa'adia ben Yosef Gaon Materials:Class notes for NEJS116b (Problem ofEvil), handwritten notes on Sefer ha-Emunot veha-Deot, copies of articles byvarious authors, copies of various treatises(ma'amar) in Hebrew and English fromSefer ha-Emunot veha-Deot [21 envelopes],1944, 1972, 1989, n.d.Date [inclusive]: 1944, 1972, 1989, n.d.

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Sa'adia ben Yosef Gaon Materials: Fox'shandwritten notes, articles on Sa'adia'sphilosophy by various authors in English,Hebrew, and German, original typescript ofFox's On the Rational Commandments inSaadia's Philosopy: A Re-examination [22folders], 1911, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1973, n.d.Date [inclusive]: 1911, 1943, 1969, 1972, 1973, n.d.

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Offprint of Fox article Tillich's Ontology and God, 1961


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Offprint of Fox article Discussion on the Diversity of Methodsin Dewey's Ethical Theory, 1951


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Offprint of Fox article Moral Facts and Moral Theory, n.d.


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Offprint of Fox article Einige Probleme in BubersMoralphilosphie, n.d.

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Offprint of Fox article Jewishness and Judaism at BrandeisUniversity from journal Cross Currents, 1993-1994


Box 34

Several Fox Offprints from Judaism: A Quarterly Journal ofJewish Life and Thought, 1953-1980


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Offprint of Graduate Education in Jewish Philosophy from NewHumanities and Academic Disciplines, The Case of JewishStudies, 1984


Box 34

Offprint of Nahmanides on the Status of Aggadot: Perspectiveson the Disputation of Barcelon, 1263 from Journal of JewishStudies, 1989


Box 34

Offprint of The Moral Philosophy of MaHaRaL, 1983


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Offprint of R. Isaac Arama's Philosophical Exegesis o f theGolden Calf Episode from Minhah le-Nahum, 1993


Box 34

Several Fox Offprints from Tradition: A Journal of OrthodoxJewish Thought, 1960-1989


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Offprint of Judaism, Secularism, and Textual Interpretation fromModern Jewish Ethics: Theory and Practice [2 copies], n.d.


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Offprint of A New View of Maimonides' Method ofContradictions from journal Bar-Ilan, 1987


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2 Offprints from Conservative Judaism, 1956, 1961


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Offprint of The Role of Philosophy in Jewish Studies fromAlfred Jospe festschrift, 1980


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Lecture on The Philosophical Foundations of Jewish Ethics:Some Initial Reflections, 1979


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Offprint of Continuity and Change in Jewish Theology fromjournal Niv, 1971

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Copy of Fox article The Trials of Socrates: An Interpretation ofthe First Tetralogy from journal Archiv fur Philosophie, n.d.


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Copy of Fox article The Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle andMaimonides: A Comparative Study, n.d.


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Offprint of Maimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law fromjournal Dine Israel, 1972


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For article Translating Jewish Thought into Curriculum: MoralPhilosophy in Jewish Education in Melton Research CenterNewsletter, 1978


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Lecture on The Function of Religion in the Congress bi-Weekly,full proceedings of the 6th Annual American-Israel Dialogue,1969


Box 34

Two book reviews by Fox appearing in the Association forJewish Studies Newsletter, 1978, 1981


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Offprint of The Mishna as a Source for Jewish Ethicsfrom theRackman festschrift, 1994


Box 34

Offprint of Holocaust Chanllenges to Religious Faith: The Casesof Yossel Rakover, HershRasseyner, and Chaim Vilner, 1995


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Copy of Law and Morality in the Thought of Maimonides, 1987


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Copy of Rav Kook: Neither Philosopher nor Kabbalist, 1995


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What Do We Expect of Jewish Studies and Change Is NotModern in Jewish Law appearing in Sh'ma: a journal of Jewishresponsibility, 1983, 1989


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Offprint of Religion and the Public Schools -- A Philosopher'sAnalysis from Theory into Practice, 1965


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Review of Goodman, On Justice: An Essay in JewishPhilosophy, n.d.

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Review of Wyschogrod, The Body of Faith: Judaism asCorporeal Election in The Journal of Religion, 1987


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Offprint of Fox article Tillich's Ontology and God, 1961


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Offprint of Fox article Discussion on the Diversity of Methods inDewey's Ethical Theory, 1951


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Offprint of Fox article Moral Facts and Moral Theory, n.d.


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Offprint of Fox article Einige Probleme in BubersMoralphilosphie, n.d.


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Offprint of Fox article Jewishness and Judaism at BrandeisUniversity from journal Cross Currents, 1993-1994


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Several Fox Offprints from Judaism: A Quarterly Journal ofJewish Life and Thought, 1953-1980


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Offprint of Graduate Education in Jewish Philosophy from NewHumanities and Academic Disciplines, The Case of JewishStudies, 1984


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Offprint of Nahmanides on the Status of Aggadot: Perspectives onthe Disputation of Barcelon, 1263 from Journal of Jewish Studies,1989


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Offprint of The Moral Philosophy of MaHaRaL, 1983


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Offprint of R. Isaac Arama's Philosophical Exegesis o f theGolden Calf Episode from Minhah le-Nahum, 1993

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Several Fox Offprints from Tradition: A Journal of OrthodoxJewish Thought, 1960-1989


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Offprint of Judaism, Secularism, and Textual Interpretation fromModern Jewish Ethics: Theory and Practice [2 copies], n.d.


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Offprint of A New View of Maimonides' Method ofContradictions from journal Bar-Ilan, 1987


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2 Offprints from Conservative Judaism, 1956, 1961


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Offprint of The Role of Philosophy in Jewish Studies from AlfredJospe festschrift, 1980


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Lecture on The Philosophical Foundations of Jewish Ethics: SomeInitial Reflections, 1979


Box 34

Offprint of Continuity and Change in Jewish Theology fromjournal Niv, 1971


Box 34

Copy of Fox article The Trials of Socrates: An Interpretation ofthe First Tetralogy from journal Archiv fur Philosophie, n.d.


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Copy of Fox article The Doctrine of the Mean in Aristotle andMaimonides: A Comparative Study, n.d.


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Offprint of Maimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law from journalDine Israel, 1972


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For article Translating Jewish Thought into Curriculum: MoralPhilosophy in Jewish Education in Melton Research CenterNewsletter, 1978


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Lecture on The Function of Religion in the Congress bi-Weekly,full proceedings of the 6th Annual American-Israel Dialogue,1969


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Two book reviews by Fox appearing in the Association for JewishStudies Newsletter, 1978, 1981

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Offprint of The Mishna as a Source for Jewish Ethicsfrom theRackman festschrift, 1994


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Offprint of Holocaust Chanllenges to Religious Faith: The Casesof Yossel Rakover, HershRasseyner, and Chaim Vilner, 1995


Box 34

Copy of Law and Morality in the Thought of Maimonides, 1987


Box 34

Copy of Rav Kook: Neither Philosopher nor Kabbalist, 1995


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What Do We Expect of Jewish Studies and Change Is NotModern in Jewish Law appearing in Sh'ma: a journal of Jewishresponsibility, 1983, 1989


Box 34

Offprint of Religion and the Public Schools -- A Philosopher'sAnalysis from Theory into Practice, 1965


Box 34

Review of Goodman, On Justice: An Essay in Jewish Philosophy,n.d.


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Review of Wyschogrod, The Body of Faith: Judaism as CorporealElection in The Journal of Religion, 1987


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Box 35


Copies, offprints, and clippings in English and Hebrew from manyauthors (none by Fox) and sources [23 folders], 1942-1976, n.d.

Date [inclusive]: 1942-1976, n.d.

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Box 36


Materials regarding Maimonides: copies and offprints of articlesand book reviews in Hebrew and English by various authors (none

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by Fox) on various topics in Maimonides studies [14 envelopes],1935-1976, n.d.


Materials regarding Maimonides: Offprint of Notes ofMoses HaCohen of Lunel on the Books of Maimonides, withcommentary and critical annotations by Samuel Atlas, publishedin HUCA [1 envelope], 1956


Box 36

Materials regarding Maimonides: Offprints and copies of articlesin Hebrew, English, and German by various authors (none by Fox)on various topics in Maimonides studies; copy of a number ofpages from Maimonides Mishneh Torah [14 folders], 1942-1975,n.d.


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Box 37


Articles about Maimonides: clippings and offprints, in Hebrew,German, and English, none by Fox; noteworthy is 1935 issue ofThe Reconstructionistwith an article by Mordecai Kaplan [16envelopes], 1935-1972, n.d.


Box 37

The Jewish Forum issue dedicated to articles on Maimonides,1935


Box 37

Articles about Maimonides: book review, clippings, offprints,symposium proceedings, in Hebrew and English, none by Fox [13folders], 1939-1973, n.d.


Box 37

Typescript of revised version of Fox article Language and Ethics:Reflections on Maimonides "Ethics", n.d.


Box 37

Envelope with a few handwritten bibliographic notes, n.d.


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Large collection of handwritten index cards, primarilybibliographic references; other notes on readings [14 envelopes],n.d.


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Box 39


Collected Essays on Philosophy and on Judaism, edited andpublished posthumously by Jacob Neusner; Vol. 1 GreekPhilosophy, Maimonides, Vol. 2 Some Philosophers, Vol.3 Ethics, Reflections [3 volume set was donated by JehudaReinharz], 2001


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Box 40


Five PhD dissertation typescripts: Howard Kreisel, Aryeh Cohen,Robert J. Eisen, Daniel Matt, Charles Raffel; 4 are inscribed toFox, 1980-1995, n.d.


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Box 41


"Torah Study for Women: Prohibited, Permitted, Commanded?"lecture by Marvin Fox [audio cassette tape], 1993


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Audio cassette tapes. Recordings of lectures given by RabbiJoseph Soloveitchik [Box 1], 1953-1969


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Audio cassette tapes. Recordings of lectures given by RabbiJoseph Soloveitchik [Box 4], 1972-1973, n.d.


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Audio cassette tapes. Recordings of lectures given by RabbiJoseph Soloveitchik, primarily on the weekly Torah portion [Box11], n.d.


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Audio cassette tapes. Recordings of lectures given by RabbiJoseph Soloveitchik [Box 12], n.d.


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Small box containing 15 audio cassettes: these are numbered,but are otherwise unlabeled. Some of the cassettes are numbered,e.g., 121a, 121b, 121c, suggesting that tapes contained recordedmaterial., n.d.


Box 43

Large box of numbered, but otherwise unlabeled audio cassettes,n.d.


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Box 44


Large box of numbered, but otherwise unlabeled audio cassettes,n.d.


Box 44


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Transcript of Marvin Fox Papers03.MWalB00310A