TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

Box and Folder Listing

Series A. Correspondence. 1928-1991.

Series B. Notes, Lectures, and Writings. 1927-1989.

Series C. Awards, Conferenes, and Publicity. 1946-1988

Series D. Personal. 1937-1988.

Series E. Assorted Articles. Undated

Series F. Oversize Material.

A Finding Aid to the Harry Meyer Orlinsky Papers. 1928-1991.

Manuscript Collection No. 661


Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Orlinsky, Harry Meyer, 1908-1992
Title: Harry Meyer Orlinsky Papers
Dates: 1928-1991
Quantity: 14.36 linear feet ( 28 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize box).
Abstract: The Harry Meyer Orlinsky papers contain the correspondence and research materials of Harry Orlinsky from his days as a fellow at Dropsie College through his long tenure as a professor of Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Collection Number: MS-661
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Harry Meyer Orlinsky was born in 1908 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada to Isaac Moses Orlinsky and Libby Elizabeth Ardy. After attending the University of Toronto he moved to the United States in 1931 and obtained a graduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. at Dropsie College in 1935 and did post-doctoral study at Hebrew University in Jerusalem until 1936. Orlinsky then obtained a fellowship at John Hopkins University. After his work at John Hopkins, Orlinsky taught Bible and history at Baltimore Hebrew College until 1944 when he was hired at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. Orlinsky stayed with the Jewish Institute of Religion through its merger with Hebrew Union College and remained at the New York campus until his retirement, though he was also a visiting professor at many schools such as Brandeis University, Hebrew University, John Hopkins University, and Dropsie College.

Throughout his career Orlinsky was a prominent member of several academic organizations, often taking a leadership role. He was the co-founder of the International Organization of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) and its president from 1968-1973. He was also the founder of the International Organization for Masoretic Studies and the chairman of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1969-1970. Orlinsky co-founded the American Friends of Israel Exploration Society and was its president.

Orlinsky is best known for his work on the American Standard Bible Committee's Revised Standard Version's new translation of the Old Testament in 1952. He was the only Jewish scholar to be consulted on this translation. He participated in the Jewish Publication Society's New Jewish Version of the Pentateuch in 1962. Orlinsky was co-translator of a five volume translation of Rashi's commentary on the Pentateuch. Orlinsky also wrote many articles and books regarding philology and biblical and archaeological history. His most famous book, Ancient Israel, written in 1954, is still in print today.

Orlinsky married Donya Fein in 1934 and they had two sons, Walter (Velvel) and Seymour (Zeke). Harry Meyer Orlinsky died in 1992.


Scope and Content Note

The Harry Mayer Orlinsky Papers contain the correspondence and research of Harry Orlinsky from his days as a fellow at Dropsie College through his long tenure at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.


Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged in five (5) series:

Series A. Correspondence. 1928-1991.
Series B. Notes, Lectures, and Writings. 1927-1989.
Series C. Awards, Conferences, and Publicity. 1946-1988.
Series D. Personal. 1937-1988.
Series E. Assorted Writings. Undated
Series F. Oversized Material.

Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Harry Meyer Orlinksy Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, by the act of donating the Harry Meyer Orlinksy Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by the Harry Meyer Orlinksy heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Harry Meyer Orlinksy Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-661. Harry Meyer Orlinksy Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Harry Meyer Orlinksy Papers were received from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, New York, in 1992.

Processing Information

Processed by Christine Crandall, July 2001.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.


Box and Folder Listing

Series A. Correspondence. 1928-1991. [17 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Contains Orlinsky's personal, organizational, and project committee correspondence.
Arrangement Note: Arranged in two subseries: Subseries 1. Personal and Organizational and Subseries 2. Committees and Subject Files.
Subseries 1. Personal and Organizational. [16 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Prominent in this series are the letters to and from Paul Steinberg and Alfred Gottschalk detailing the growth and expansion of the HUC-JIR New York campus. Also of special interest is Orlinsky's correspondence with William F. Albright, Cyrus Gordon, and other important figures in the world of Biblical exegesis.
Box Folder
1 1 A, General
1 2 Abrams, Arthur 1981-1982
1 3 Abramsky, S 1969
1 4 Achtemeier, Paul J 1977-1990
1 5 Adelman, Benjamin 1980-1984
1 6 Adelman, Milton 1979
1 7 Adelstein, Gertrude 1944
1 8 Adler, Cyrus 1931-1940
1 9 Aging and Judaism Journal 1989-1990
1 10 Aiken, Joseph B 1978-1981
1 11 Albright, William F 1941-1971
1 12 Altmann, Alexander 1960 1981
1 13 Amaru, Betsy 1981-1990
1 14 American Academy for Jewish Research 1980-1983
1 15 American Consulate 1938 1944
1 16 American Friends of Hebrew University 1965-1990
1 17 American Friends of the World Bible Centre Jerusalem 1977
1 18 America Israel Service 1979
1 19 American Oriental Society 1960-1989
1 20 American Professors for Peace in the Middle East 1974
1 21 Apothaker, Howard L 1978-1980
1 22 Atik, Abraham 1984-1985
1 23 Aufrecht, Walter E 1974-1982
1 24 Avery, Saralee 1974 1981
1 25 Avigad, Nahum 1980-1990
1 26 Aviram, Joseph 1952-1991
1 27 Ba, General
1 28 Badi, Joseph 1976
1 29 Bailey, Lloyd 1980 1987
1 30 Ballon, Jeff 1981-1982
1 31 Baron, Salo 1963 1980-1987
1 32 Barzilay, Isaac E 1980-1988
Box Folder
2 1 Baumgard, Herbert M 1961-1990 Undated
2 2 Be, General
2 3 Ben-Horin, Meir 1980
2 4 Berger, Robert M 1978-1983
2 5 Bi-Bz, General
2 6 Biran Avraham 1977-1983
2 7 Bird, Jeanne 1985-1986
2 8 Bittel, Jordan 1977-1987
2 10 Bland, Kalman P 1983-1986
2 9 Blank, Sheldon H 1954 1974-1986
2 11 Block, Irving J 1978
2 12 Bloomstone, Bernard 1983-1984
2 13 B’nai B’rith 1954-1958
2 14 B’nai B’rith 1959-1967
Box Folder
3 1 B’nai B’rith 1966-1967
3 2 B’nai B’rith. Publications committee 1961-1968
3 3 Bodine, Walter 1988
3 4 Bogen, Stanley M 1979-1984
3 5 Borowitz, Eugene B 1976-1980
3 6 Bowie, W. Russell 1964
3 7 Braude, William G 1981
3 8 Breslauer, S. Daniel 1974
3 0 Brown, Robert L 1974-1979
3 10 Burns, George 1984 1988
3 11 Burrows, Millar 1950
3 12 Cad-Cog, General
3 13 Cambridge University Press 1967 1984
3 14 Cashman, Donald P 1981-1990
3 15 Central Conference of American Rabbis 1978-1987
3 16 Charlesworth, James H 1978-1982 Undated
3 17 Chyet, Stanley F 1978-1984
3 18 Clarke, J. Joseph 1976-1988
3 19 Clarke, Rose Alice 1983-1984
Box Folder
4 1 Cogan, Mordechai 1982-1983
4 2 Cohen, General
4 3 Cohen, Bernard 1961-1990
4 4 Cohen, Martin 1975
4 5 Cohen, Norman J 1979-1988
4 6 Cohn, Bernhard N 1979-1980
4 7 Cok-Cut, General
4 8 Cornell University 1955-1988
4 9 Creasey, John 1975
4 10 Crypto-Linguistic Association 1984
4 11 Cutter, William 1975 1983 Undated
4 12 D, General
4 13 Dandelius, Eva 1981-1983
4 14 Dargis, Andre 1984-1985
4 15 Diamond, Joseph 1976-1984
4 16 Di Lella, Alexander A 1977
4 17 Dotan, Aron 1974-1990
4 18 Dreyfus, A. Stanley 1979-1985
4 19 E, General
4 20 Eckstein, S 1981 Undated
4 21 Eisenbeis, Walter 1970 1978
4 22 Eissfeldt 1957-1958
4 23 Elliger, D. Karl 1951 Undated
4 24 Ellison, S. Ronald 1971-1986
4 25 Enslin, Morton S 1969-1980
4 26 Epp, Eldon Jay 1979-1991
4 27 Epstein, Elias 1960-1961
4 28 Epstein, Samuel 1971-1976
Box Folder
5 1 Fa-Fl, General
5 2 Fain, Benjamin 1953
5 3 Falk, Randall 1984
5 4 Feigin, Samuel I 1943
5 5 Feinberg, Alan M 1953
5 6 Feinstein, Marnin 1973-1989
5 7 Feldman, Louis H 1983-1989
5 8 Field, Irwin S 1978-1989 Undated
5 9 Field, Walter L 1977-1990
5 10 Fink, Joseph 1953-1956
5 11 Finklestein, Louis 1943-1957
5 12 Firestone, Reuven 1985-1986
5 13 Flight, John W 1942
5 14 Fo-Fu, General
5 15 Fooner, Michael 1982
5 16 Fox, Edward 1954
5 17 Foxman, Abraham H 1980-1985
5 18 Friedlander, Albert H
5 19 Friedman, Alfred 1957-1981
5 20 Friend, Chaim 1983-1986
5 21 Funk, Robert 1969 1974-1989
Box Folder
6 1 Gaa-Gol, General
6 2 Gamoran, Hillel 1962 1980-1985
6 3 Garber, Zev 1980-1984
6 4 Garr, W. Rnadall 1983-1988
6 5 Gaster, Theodore 1980-1982
6 6 Gerard, Jonathan H 1977-1986
6 7 Gerber, Israel J 1956-1957
6 8 Gerber, Jane 1982-1983
6 9 Ginsberg, H. L 1952-1953
6 10 Ginzberg, Louis 1943-1944
6 11 Gitin, Seymour 1990
6 12 Gittelsohn, Richard B 1980
6 13 Glaser, Joseph B 1961 1979-1982
6 14 Glass, Scott 1979-1990
6 15 Glueck, Nelson 1950-1974
6 16 Goldenberg, David 1980-1990
6 17 Goldstein, Robert S 1982-1983
6 18 Golman, Walter 1953
6 19 Goo-Gut, General
6 20 Gooding, David W 1976
6 21 Gordis, Robert 1943-1987
6 22 Gordon, Charles K 1973-1981
6 23 Gordon, Cyrus 1940-1959 1981-1990
6 24 Gore, Herschel 1987
6 25 Gottschalk, Alfred 1953-1991 Undated
6 26 Grade, Chaim 1979-1983
6 27 Grayzel, Solomon 1958-1980
Box Folder
7 1 Greenspoon, Leonard 1974-1991 Undated
7 2 Greenstein, Ed 1980-1990
7 3 Grossfeld, Bernard 1989
7 4 Gruber, Marc 1979-1981
7 5 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1967-1968 1981-1990
7 6 Gutman, Joseph 1960-1991 Undated
7 7 Ha-He, General
7 8 Hallo, William 1977-1984
7 9 Hancock, Elise 1978-1983
7 10 Harman, Avraham 1982-1989
7 11 Harper and Row, Publishers 1963
7 12 Harrelson, Walter 1976-1990
7 13 Hausen, Max 1979-1989
7 14 Herscher, Uri 1975-1990
7 15 Herzog, Marvin 1983-1988
7 16 Hi-Hy, General
7 17 Hillers, Dilbert R 1977-1989
7 18 Hirt-Manheimer, Aron 1980-1985
7 19 Hobbs, Edward C 1955
7 20 Hoffman, Eric H 1978
7 21 Hoffman, Lawrence A 1974-1986
7 22 Huffman, Paul E 1942-1945
Box Folder
8 1 I, General
8 2 Ingber, Frayda 1957-1982
8 3 International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) 1968-1990
8 4 Irwin, John T 1984-1985
8 5 Irwin, W. A. 1929-1944 1963
8 6 Israel Exploration Society 1950-1990
8 7 J, General
8 8 Jacob, Walter 1975-1986
8 9 Jacobs, Maurice 1959 1979-1982
8 10 Jewish Chaplains Council 1986-1987
8 11 Jewish Publication Society 1942-1986
8 12 Jewish Studies 1980-1982
8 13 John Hopkins University 1938 1977-1989
8 14 Johnson, Samuel E 1942
8 15 Jordan, Earl 1974-1983
8 16 Juster, Barbara 1982-1983
8 17 Ka-Ki, General
8 18 Kafka, Egon E 1979-1986
8 19 Kahn, Yoel 1982-1989
8 20 Kaplan, Louis 1941 19441963 1977-1990
8 21 Katsh, Abraham 1977-1983
8 22 Katzman, Jacob 1980
Box Folder
9 1 Kaufman, Jan Carl 1986-1987
9 2 Kaufman, Stephen A 1973
9 3 Keck, Leander 1978-1982
9 4 Kellner, Sydney 1980 1986
9 5 Kershaw, Norma 1979-1985
9 6 Kiev, Ari 1956-1978
9 7 Kl-Ku, General
9 8 Klein, Edward E 1981-1984
9 9 Klein, Michael L 1978-1990
9 10 Kogan, Barry 1974
9 11 Kohn, Roger 1982
9 12 Konvitz, Milton R 1977
9 13 Korn, Bertram W 1961 1974 1980
9 14 Kottek, Samuel S 1980
9 15 Kramer, Samuel N 1951-1985
9 16 Kushner, Steven C 1981-1982
9 17 La-Le, General
9 18 Landes, George 1987
9 19 Lehman, I. O. 1984-1991
9 20 Lelyveld, Arthur J 1953 1983-1986
9 21 Lembke, Hans P 1976
9 22 Lerner, Leigh 1986
9 23 Lesley, Arthur 1976-1977
9 24 Levy, Martin W 1987-1989
9 25 Lewis, Bernard 1983 1988-1990
9 26 Lewis, Theodore N 1978
9 27 Lewy, Julius 1953-1954
9 28 Li-Lu, General
9 29 Lieber, David L 1984-1985
9 30 Lieberman, Abraham 1989
9 31 Linn, Lou 1978-1990
9 32 Lipnick, Jerome 1975
9 33 Longaker, Richard P 1982-1987
9 34 Lown, Naomi 1979-1984
9 35 Luper, Archie 1978
9 36 Lurensky, David A 1985-1987
9 37 Luria, Yaakov 1979 1987
Box Folder
10 1 Mac-May, General
10 2 MacLennan, Robert 1985-1986
10 3 Macmillan Books 1962-1973
10 4 Malamat, Avraham 1981-1982
10 5 Malino, Jonathan 1979-1989
10 6 Maltese, Roberta B 1982-1988
10 7 Marblestone, Howard A 1978-1990
10 8 Marcus, David 1977-1985
10 9 Marcus, Jacob Rader 1957 1978-1986
10 10 Margolis, Max Leopold 1941-1942 1951-1953
10 11 Marksbury, Henry 1954 1979-1990
10 12 Mars, Alvin 1983-1984
10 13 Martin, Ray 1981-1982
10 14 Marwick, Claire 1982-1985
10 15 Marwick, Lawrence 1953 1956-1957
10 16 May, Herbert 1953-1977
10 17 Mazar, Benjamin 1953-1980-1990
10 18 Mc-Mu, General
10 19 McLendon, G. D. 1978
10 20 Meek, Theophile J 1953-1954 1963
10 21 Meeks, Wayne 1963-1983
10 22 Meitzen, Manfred O 1980
10 23 Menorah Publishing Company 1979
10 24 Metzger, Bruce 1969 1976-1990
10 25 Metzger, Kurt L 1983-1986
10 26 Meyer, Michael A 1980-1982 1989
10 27 Meyers, Carol 1983 1987-1988
10 28 University of Miami 1985
10 29 Mihaly, Eugene 1975-1987
10 30 Miles, John 1985
10 31 Miller, Jonathan 1979-1989
Box Folder
11 1 Miller, Phillip E 1979-1990
11 2 Montgomery, James A 1939-1945 1976
11 3 Morgan, Michael A 1979-1980
11 4 Moscati, Sabatino 1953-1954
11 5 Mozes, Samuel R 1982
11 6 Muraoka, T 1981 1986
11 7 Murtonen, Aimo E 1979 1985-1988
11 8 N, General
11 9 Nachbush, Noah 1956-1959
11 10 Nash, Stanley 1981-1989
11 11 National Association of Professors of Hebrew 1983
11 12 National Association of Retired Reform Rabbis 1989
11 13 National Council of Churches 1929-1990
11 14 National Council of Jewish Women 1974-1978
11 15 National Endowment for the Arts 1974-1980
11 16 Nelson, David 1980-1984 1986
11 17 Neuman, Abraham A 1937 1940-1945 1952-1959 1967
11 18 Neusner, Jacob 1971-1982
11 19 New York University 1978 1982
11 20 Ng, David 1984
11 21 Nickelsburg, George W. E. 1978-1982
11 22 O, General
11 23 Temple Ohabei Shalom (Brookline, Massachusetts) 1981-1982
11 24 Olitzky, Kerry M 1984-1985
11 25 Orleans, Jeff 1981-1985
11 26 Orlinsky family 1928-1990
11 27 Orlinsky Tribute 1982-1983
11 28 Ostow, Mortimer 1979-1990
Box Folder
12 1 P, General
12 2 Pagels, Elaine 1979-1980
12 3 Paley, Sam 1980-1982
12 4 Pallay, Eva 1979-1982
12 5 Paper, Herbert 1966 1979-1990
12 6 Paskow, Shimon 1976-1983 1986 1989
12 7 Pellow, Freida 1978-1986
12 8 Perdue, Leo G 1985-1986
12 9 Perlin, Amy R 1980-1983 1989
12 10 Persons, Raymond F., Jr. 1984
12 11 Peters, Melvin K 1978-1987
12 12 Petersen, Lorman 1969
12 13 Petuchowski, Aaron M 1982-1990
12 14 Pfeiffer, Robert H 1938 1941-1945 1953
12 15 Pietersma, Albert 1979-1982
12 16 Plotkin, Albert 1981-1985 Undated
12 17 Poller, Leonard 1957 1962 1970 1979-1990
12 18 Polonsky, Lester 1980-1982 1988
12 19 Pomerantz, Frederic S 1983-1984
12 20 Porter, J. R. 1968 1973
12 21 Portnoy, Mindy 1982-1990
12 22 Potok, Chaim 1984 1990
12 23 Prinz, Joachim 1976
12 24 Pritchard, James B 1945 1953-1954 1964
12 25 Prosnit, James 1981-1986
12 26 R, General
12 27 Rabinowitz, Louis H 1953
12 28 Raiskin, Gerald 1953 1979-1990
12 29 Ramsey, Paul 1962
12 30 Reader’s Digest 1978-1980
12 31 Reider, Emanuel 1951 1985
12 32 Reider, Joseph 1943-1944 1953-1954
12 33 Reiner, Fred N 1975-1986
12 34 Religious Education Association 1981
12 35 Rendsburg, Gary A 1978-1988
12 36 Renov, Israel 1969 1974-1982
12 37 Respess, Kathryn 1983
12 38 Revell, E. J. 1974-1990
Box Folder
13 1 Richards, Kent 1980-1989
13 2 Richardson, G. P. 1980-1983
13 3 Rivkin, Ellis 1944-1945 1975-1985
13 4 Robinson, James M 1969 1974-1989
13 5 Rosenbluh, Harry G 1971 1976-1991
13 6 Rosenfeld, Jona M 1980-1981
13 7 Rosenthal, Franz 1980-1982
13 8 Rosoff, Donald 1984
13 9 Rowley, H. H. 1941-1945
13 10 Rozenberg, Martin S 1956-1980
13 11 Russian, Sheila C 1979-1985
13 12 Sa-Sh, General
13 13 Sachs, Janet 1983
13 14 Sacon, Y. Herman 1978 1953
13 15 Salmon, Marilyn 1978 1986
13 16 Samuels, Robert L 1977-1986
13 17 Sanders, Jack 1981-1984
13 18 Sandmel, Samuel 1957 1960 1979-1982
13 19 Saplin, Stanley 1979-1989
13 20 Sasson, Jack 1970-1981
13 21 Saunders, Ernest W 1978-1986
13 22 Scharfstein, Bernard 1965-1989
13 23 Schenk, Emanuel 1971-1982
13 24 Schiffman, Lawrence 1985-1987
13 25 Schindler, Alexander M 1979-1983
13 26 Scholars Press 1979-1980
13 27 Schoolman, Leonard A 1975-1981
Box Folder
14 1 Schulweis, Harold M 1972-1980
14 2 Schulzinger, Morris S 1978-1985
14 3 Schwartz, Daniel R 1978
14 4 Schwartzman, Sylvan D 1961-1986
14 5 Sendry, Alfred 1962
14 6 Shanks, Hershel 1974-1985
14 7 Shapiro, Mark Dov 1980-1984
14 8 Temple Sholom (Chicago, Illinois) 1984-1985
14 9 Shulman, Harvey 1984-1986
14 10 Si-Sz, General
14 11 Siegalovsky 1981 Undated
14 12 Silver, Daniel J 1960-1961 1976
14 13 Silver, Esther 1976
14 14 Silver, Harold S 1957 1980-1984 Undated
14 15 Silver, Samuel 1975-1989
14 16 Silverstone, Rose 1981-1987
14 17 Simons, Leonard N 1975-1984
14 18 Sindlinger, Dan 1984
14 19 Slater, Renee 1980-1984 1990
14 20 Slomovitz, Philip 1960-1963 1976-1981Undated
14 21 Slonimsky, Henry 1943-1944
14 22 Slusher, David E 1981-1982
14 23 Smolar, Leivy 1972-1987
14 24 Sobel, Henry I 1980-1982
14 25 Society of Biblical Literature 1937 1969 1973-1989
14 26 Sonne, Isaiah 1954
14 27 Sonnenborn, Henry 1977 1983-1984
14 28 Sonsino, Rifat 1974
14 29 Speiser, Ephraim A 1953-1954
14 30 Spicehandler, Ezra 1959 1974-1982
14 31 Spyer, Willem 1954
14 32 Steinberg, Paul M 1961-1988
Box Folder
15 1 Stengel, Fran 1984-1987
15 2 Stern, Jack, Jr 1981-1986
15 3 Stern, Malcolm 1974
15 4 Stevens, Elliot 1981-1987
15 5 Stiffman, Jeffrey B 1979-1987
15 6 Suggs, Jack 1975-1979
15 7 Sundheim, Frank N 1982-1983
15 8 Sussman, Lance J 1984
15 9 Sykes, Melvin J 1974 1979
15 10 Syme, Daniel B 1975 1980 1988
15 11 Szubin, H. Z. 1987
15 12 T, General
15 13 Talmage, Frank 1975-1976
15 14 Talmon, Shemaryahu 1974
15 15 Tarr, Herbert 1976-1987 Undated
15 16 Task, Arnold S 1983-1984
15 17 Taylor, Dov 1970-1990 Undated
15 18 Taylor, Mortimer L 1980-1985
15 19 Tejero, Emilia Fernandez 1980-1987
15 20 Thal, Lennard R 1973-1989 Undated
15 21 Tombeck, Richard S 1975-1976
15 22 Tov, Emmanuel 1970-1990
15 23 Tsevat, Matitiahu 1969 1975-1985
15 24 Tucker, Eugene 1981-1990
15 25 U, General
15 26 Ulrich, Eugene 1979-1982
15 27 Union Theological Seminary 1980-1983 1986
15 28 University of Toronto 1987-1989
15 29 Urofsky, Melvin I 1979
15 30 V, General
15 31 W, General
15 32 Wacholder, Ben Zion 1973 1980 1989
15 33 Wagner, Norman E 1973-1979
15 34 Walfish, Barry 1987
15 35 Walters, Stanley D 1975-1976
Box Folder
16 1 Weber, Patsy 1979-1980
16 2 Weigle, Luther A 1945 1953-1964
16 3 Weinberg, Milton 1980 1989
16 4 Weisberg, Harold 1945 1959
16 5 Weisberg, Stephen E 1982-1987
16 6 Weissert, David 1973
16 7 Werner, Eric 1974-1985
16 8 Westminster Press 1944-1945
16 9 Wevers, John W 1974-1983
16 10 Wikgren, Allen 1982-1988
16 11 Williams, James G 1985
16 12 Wilson, Elise 1979
16 13 Wilson, Steve G 1981-1982
16 14 Wind, James P 1984-1986
16 15 Wise, Stephen S 1943-1945 1949
16 16 Wolkoff, Julie 1980-1990
16 17 Wood, Albert J 1984-1989
16 18 Wright, Ernest 1945-1963 1972
16 19 Y, General
16 20 Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) 1945-1990
16 21 Youdovin, Ira S 1973-1984
16 22 Z, General
16 23 Zafren, Herbert C 1956-1957 1974-1990
16 24 Zimmerman, Sheldon 1974 1984-1985
16 25 Zlotowitz, Bernard M 1974-1979
16 26 Zussman, Lesser 1962-1963
16 27 Unidentified
Subseries 2. Committees and Subject Files. 1941-1989. [1 Hollinger box]
Scope and Content Note: Contains correspondence between Orlinsky and other members of scholarly organizations working on special projects. Of considerable importance are the files regarding the American Standard Bible Committee's Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament and the reactions to the Jewish Publication Society's New Jewish Version of the Pentateuch.
Arrangement Note: Arranged alphabetically.
Box Folder
17 1 Albright, William F.,Festschrift 1941
17 2 American Standard Bible Committee.Minutes. 1950-1953
17 3 American Standard Bible Committee.Correspondence. 1945-1965
17 4 Bible City 1961
17 5 XXV International Congress of Orientalists. Moscow. 1960
17 6 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Inter-Faculty Meeting. 1975-1976
17 7 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Tenure. New York. 1971
17 8 Jewish Publication Society. Reaction to new translation. 1970-1974
17 9 Jewish Publication Society. Reaction to new Torah. 1962-1963
17 10 National Hebrew Culture Council. Hunter College. 1979
17 11 Open Letter Concerning the Revised Standard Version of the Bible Undated
17 12 "The Plain Meaning of Genesis 1:1-3." Responses. 1984
17 13 Society of Biblical Literature. Acceleration Process Committee . 1989
17 14 Society of Biblical Literature.Centennial and Awards. 1980
17 15 Zionist Organization of America. Anti-Israel cartoons. 1988
Series B. Notes, Lectures, and Writings. 1927-1989. [5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Consists of Orlinsky's teaching notes, lecture transcripts, and writings.
Arranged in four subseries: Subseries 1. Teaching Notes, Subseries 2. Research Notes, Subseries 3. Lectures, Subseries 4. Writtings.
Subseries 1. Teaching Notes. 1943, Undated. [1 Hollinger box]
Scope and Content Note: Contains Orlinsky's teaching notes from history and bible classes, mostly from his HUC-JIR years.
Box Folder
18 1 Amos.
18 2 Bible.
18 3 Bible Exams. HUC-JIR
18 4 Bible 919. The Canonization of the Hebrew Bible and the Exclusion of the Apocrypha.
18 5 Bible E130. The Five Megoilloth.
18 6 European History
18 7 German history.
18 8 History Exams. Baltimore Hebrew College.
18 9 Job. Dropsie College.
18 10 Palestine history
18 11 Polish history.
18 12 Psalms 1943
18 13 Russian history.
18 14 Spanish history.
Subseries 2. Research Notes. 1974-1983 [1.5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Consists of research notes for his work on the Jewish Publication Society's New Jewish Version of the Pentateuch, the Max Margolis Bible translation, and the Revised Standard Version of the Old Testament.
Arrangement Note: Original order.
Box Folder
18 15 Jewish Publication Society New Jewish Version. Genesis 1.1 - Numbers 26.
18 16 Jewish Publication Society New Jewish Version. Genesis 1.1 - Numbers 26.
Box Folder
19 1 Jewish Publication Society. New Jewish Version draft for First Samuel
19 2 Margolis Bible. Notes. Exodus.
19 3 Margolis Bible. Notes. Leviticus.
19 4 Margolis Bible. Notes. Numbers.
19 5 Margolis Bible. Notes. Deuteronomy.
19 6 Margolis Bible. Notes. Joshua.
19 7 Margolis Bible. Notes. Judges.
19 8 Margolis Bible. Notes. First Samuel.
19 9 Margolis Bible. Notes. Second Samuel.
19 10 Margolis Bible. Notes. First Kings.
19 11 Margolis Bible. Notes. Second Kings.
19 12 Margolis Bible. Notes. Isaiah.
19 13 Margolis Bible. Notes. Jeremiah.
19 14 Margolis Bible. Notes. List of abbreviations. Ezekiel.
19 15 Margolis Bible. Notes. Hosea.
19 16 Margolis Bible. Notes. Joel.
19 17 Margolis Bible. Notes. Nahum.
19 18 Margolis Bible. Notes. Habakkuk.
19 19 Margolis Bible. Notes. Zephaniah.
19 20 Margolis Bible. Notes. Haggai.
19 21 Margolis Bible. Notes. Zechariah.
19 22 Margolis Bible. Notes. Malachi.
19 23 Margolis Bible. Notes. Psalms.
19 24 Margolis Bible. Notes. Proverbs.
19 25 Margolis Bible. Notes. Lamentations.
19 26 Margolis Bible. Notes. The Song of Songs.
19 27 Margolis Bible. Notes. Ecclesiastes.
19 28 Margolis Bible. Notes. Ruth.
19 29 Margolis Bible. Notes. Esther.
19 30 Margolis Bible. Notes. Daniel.
19 31 Margolis Bible. Notes. Ezra.
19 32 Margolis Bible. Notes. Nehemiah.
19 33 Margolis Bible. Notes. First Chronicles.
19 34 Margolis Bible. Notes. Second Chronicles.
19 35 Masora Magma. Amos.
19 36 Masora Parva. Amos.
19 37 Northwest Semitic Inscriptions.
19 38 Research notes.
19 39 Research notes.
19 40 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. 1979-1886.
Box Folder
20 1 Research notes.
20 2 Revised Standard Version. Isaiah
20 3 Revised Standard Version. Jeremiah. 1978
20 4 Revised Standard Version. Job. 1980
20 5 Revised Standard Version. Jonah. 1978
20 6 Revised Standard Version. Kings I. 1983
20 7 Revised Standard Version. Leviticus. 1980
20 8 Revised Standard Version. Leviticus. Handwritten draft. Undated
20 9 Revised Standard Version. Proverbs. Undated
20 10 Revised Standard Version. Psalms. Undated
20 11 Revised Standard Version. I Samuel. 1974
20 12 Revised Standard Version. II Samuel. 1974
20 13 Revised Standard Version. II Samuel. Notes. Undated
20 14 Study of the Bible.
Subseries 3. Lectures. 1929-1978. [1.5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Contains transcripts of lectures delivered by Orlinsky.
Box Folder
20 15 "American Stimulus and Jewish Response." Golden Anniversary Banquet. Brockton, Mass. YWHA. 8 October 1961
20 16 Approaches to Bible Translation. Symposium. Society of Biblical Literature. 27 October 1970
20 17 "The Bible as a Treasury of Wisdom" 1961
20 18 "European Jewry Today: What of the Jews in Europe?" 23 Dec. 1942
20 19 "The Future of Judaism" August 1931
20 20 "To Give Voice to the Silence of the Past" 24 Sept. 1972
20 21 "History's Perspective." National Jewish Welfare Board. 1959
20 22 "Jewish Culture and the Central Role of Hebrew." HADOAR Annual Dinner. Hotel New Yorker 19 June 1963
20 23 "Male-Oriented Language in the New Bible Translations and the New Jewish Version of the Prophets." CCAR convention. Phoenix, Ariz. 1979
20 24 Testimonial Dinner of Jewish Educators Committee of Israel Bonds. Address. Picadilly Hotel. New York. 14 October 1964
20 25 "The Legacy of Stephen S. Wise." HUC-JIR Founder's Day Address. March 1978
20 26 "Teaching Bible in our Rabbinic School." HUC-JIR Board of Governors Meeting. New York. 5 Feb. 1970
20 27 "Traditionalism and Hasidism in Eastern Europe" 2 March 1948
Box Folder
21 1 "Wanted: A New Bible Translation in English for the Jewish People." Jewish Publication Society's Annuel Meeting. Philadelphia. 10 May 1953
21 2 Frank L. Weil Award lecture. National Jewish Welfare Board. 11 Apr. 1959
21 3 Young Israel. 1931
21 4 Young Israel. 6 Sept. 1931
21 5 Young Israel. 27 Sept. 1931
21 6 Young Israel. 27 Apr 1932
21 7 Young Israel. 18 Jun. 1923
21 8 "Zionism and the Political Importance of Islam." American Oriental Society 1943
21 9 Miscellaneous speeches.
Subseries 4. Writings. 1933-1988 [0.5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Contains various articles written by Orlinsky throughout his career.
Box Folder
21 10 Ancient Israel. Removed excerpt. Undated
21 11 Article in The Atlantic. Undated
21 12 "Attending a Scholarly Conference in Moscow: The XXVth International Congress of Orientalists." 1960
21 13 "Bible." Encyclopedia of the Jews. Undated
21 14 "The Biblical Concept of the Land of Israel: Cornerstone of the Covenant between God and Israel." Undated
21 15 Book Reviews. Undated
21 16 "By Way of a Preface." Undated
21 17 "On the Cohortive and Jussive after an Imperative or Interjection in Biblical Hebrew." 1942
21 18 "The Columnar Order of the Hexapla." 1936
21 19 Dead Sea Scrolls Introduction. Undated
21 20 "Epicene: Gender of Hebrew Nouns." Undated
21 21 Exodus I.
21 22 "Farhat Farhat." 1984
21 23 "From Oral Legends to Written Manuscripts." 1953
21 24 "The Hebrew Vorlange of the SEptuagint of the Book of Joshua." Undated
21 24.5 "Israel in Isa. XLIX, 3: A Problem in the Methodology of Textual Criticism." 1967
21 25 "A Jewish Scholar looks at the Revised Standard Version and its New Edition." 1990
21 26 "The Letter of Arisheas." 1953
21 27 "Leviticus".
21 28 "The Making of the Hebrew Bible." 1973
21 29 "Mah Nishtannah Ha-shanah Ha-zot mi-kol Ha-shanim?" 1988
21 30 "Methodology." Undated
21 31 "Nationalism-Universalsim in the Book of Jeremiah." Undated
21 32 "The Origins of the Kethib-Qere System: A New Approach." 1960
21 33 "Orlinsky on Ginsberg." Undated
21 34 "The Plain Meaning of Genesis 1:1-3." 1983
21 35 "The Plain Meaning of Ruah in Gen.1.2." 1957
21 36 "Problems in of Greek in Jewish Palestine." Undated
21 37 "The Prophet Isaiah." 1961
21 38 "The Prophets: Sense and Nonsense." 1981
21 39 "Rabas for Sakab in Num. 24.9." 1944
21 40 "Response." Undated
Box Folder
22 1 Reviews.
22 2 "The Septuagint: A Little Known Fact about the First Translation of the Torah." 1964
22 3 "The Septuagint and Vulgate Correspondents to Hebrew in Job 15:29".
22 4 "Some Recent Jewish Translations of the Bible." 1966
22 5 "The So-Called 'Suffering Servant' in Isaiah 53." 1964
22 6 "The Story of Hanukkah: What Really Happened." 1947
22 7 "Studies in the St. Mark's Isaiah Scroll, VII." 1954
22 8 "Telling It Like It Was." 1982
22 9 "Torah." 1963
22 10 "The Tribal System of Israel and Related Groups in the Period of the Judges." 1962
22 11 "The Use of the Versions in Translating the Holy Scriptures." 1952
22 12 "Virtues." 1927
22 13 "Whither Biblical Research?" 1971
22 14 "Who is the Ideal Jew?" 1964
22 15 "Why we need a New English Translation of the Hebrew Bible." 1964
22 16 "Why a New Translation of the Bible?" 1962
22 17 Miscellaneous writings.
Series C. Awards, Conferenes, and Publicity. 1946-1988 [1.5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content note: Contains various awards that Orlinsky received during his career and the publicity posters for his lectures and books. This series also holds copies of conference agendas where Orlinsky either spoke at or attended. Orlinsky's notes are inscribed on many of these agendas.
Arranged alphabetically.
Box Folder
23 1 Awards 1964-1988
23 2 Commencement programs. 1937-1979
23 3 Conferences. 1946-1988
23 4 "Violence, Terrorism, and the Death of Dialogue." Seminar. Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. 24-27 Jun. 1974
23 5 Yiddish Scientific Institute. Twenty-second Annual Conference of the YIVO. 17-20 Jan. 1948
Series D. Personal. 1937-1988. [1.5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note: Holds Orlinsky's personal affects such as his family's genealogy and photographs. Of special note is a file containing many comic strips which Orlinsky distributed to friends and colleagues.
Box Folder
23 6 Address Book. Undated
23 7 Bibliography 1957
23 8 Books donated to Klau Library, HUC-JIR, New York 1988
23 9 Diplomas.
23 10 Humor. Undated
23 11 Mechanico Stocks. Undated
23 12 Orientals Association. Minutes.
23 13 Orlinsky genealogy. Undated
23 14 Orlinsky, Sarah. Memorial. 1985
23 15 Photograph. 1935
23 16 Photographs. 1948-1958
23 17 Photographs. 1960-1968
23 18 Photographs. 1971-1979
23 19 Photographs. 1981-1983
23 20 Photographs. Undated
23 21 School items.
23 22 Yiddish playbook. Undated
Series E. Assorted Articles. Undated [5 Hollinger boxes]
Scope and Content Note:Contains copies of articles written by Orlinsky's students and colleagues. These articles are covered with Orlinsky's personal annotations.
Box Folder
24 1 Aejmelaeus, A.
24 2 Amaru, Betsy
24 3 Anderson, Francis I.
24 4 Asher, Norman
24 5 Bargad, Warren
24 6 Berlin, Adele
24 7 Besserman, Lawrence
24 8 Bledstein, Adrien Janis
24 9 Bodine, Walter
24 10 Borowitz, Eugene B.
24 11 Broome, Edwin C., Jr.
24 12 Caine, Ivan
24 13 Campbell, Edward F.
24 14 Carmichael, Calum M.
24 15 Chernick, Michael
24 16 Cohen, Martin A.
24 17 Cohen, Norman J.
24 18 Cook, Michael J..
24 19 Danelius, Eva
24 20 Daube, David
24 21 Dimant, Devorah
24 22 Dotan, Aron
24 23 Driver, G.D.
24 24 Duke Divinity School Review 1979
24 25 Epp, Eldon Jay
24 26 Everson, A. Joseph
24 27 Exum, J. Cheryl
24 28 Eybers, I.H.
24 29 Feldman, Louis H.
24 30 Finkelstein, J.J.
24 31 Firestone, Reuven
24 32 Fox, Michael
24 33 Friedman, M.A.
24 34 Gammie, John G.
24 35 Garber, Zev
24 36 Garr, Randall
Box Folder
25 1 Gevirtz, Stanley
25 2 Ginsburg, Christian D.
25 3 Gitin, Seymour
25 4 Gitlen, Barry M.
25 5 Golb, Norman
25 6 Goldenberg, David
25 7 Goldin, Judah
25 8 Goldstein, Albert
25 9 Goodenough, Erwin R.
25 10 Goodman, Lenn E.
25 11 Gottschalk, Alfred
25 12 Green, Henry A.
25 13 Greenberg, Moshe
25 14 Greenfield, Jonas C.
25 15 Greenspoon, Leonard
25 16 Greenstein, Edward L.
25 17 Grossfeld, Bernard
25 18 Gutman, Joseph
25 19 Hadas, Moses
25 20 Halivini, David Weiss
25 21 Hallo, William W.
25 22 Haran, Menahem
25 23 Harrelson, Walter
25 24 Hayon, Yehiel
25 25 Hicks, R. Lansing
25 26 Hillers, Delbert R.
25 27 Hoenig, Leonard J.
25 28 Hoenig, Sidney B.
Box Folder
26 1 Hoffman, Lawrence A.
26 2 Huffman, Herbert B.
26 3 Jacob, Walter
26 4 Judaism Magazine
26 5 Kasher, A.
26 6 Kaufman, Asher S.
26 7 Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara
26 8 Klein, Michael L.
26 9 Kraft, Robert A.
26 10 Kramer, Samuel Noah
26 11 Lachs, Samuel Tobias
26 12 Landes, George M.
26 13 Lehman, I.O.
26 14 Lestchinsky, Jacob
26 15 Levin, Saul
26 16 Lieberman, Charles S.
26 17 Lieberman, Saul
26 18 Lieberman, Stephen J.
26 19 Liptzin, Sol
26 20 Mainz, Ernest
26 21 Malamat, Abraham
26 22 Mandelbaum, Bernard J.
26 23 Marblestone, Howard
26 24 Marcos, Natalio Fernandez
26 25 Margolis, Max L.
26 26 May, Herbetr G.
26 27 Mazar, Benjamin
26 28 McBride, S. Dean
26 29 McCarter, P. Kyle
26 30 Metzger, Bruce M.
26 31 Myers, Carol L.
Box Folder
27 1 Mintz, Alan
27 2 Morag, Shelomo
27 3 Murtonen, A.
27 4 Nash, Stanley
27 5 Naveh, Joseph
27 6 Ogden, Graham S.
27 7 Ostow, Mortimer
27 8 Paley, Samuel M.
27 9 Papers, Herbert
27 10 Peake, Arthur S.
27 11 Pearce, Laurie E.
27 12 Peters, Melvin K.
27 13 Petuchowski, Jakob J.
27 14 Pietersma, Albert
27 15 Porten, Bezalel
27 16 Rabinowitz, Isaac
27 17 Rainey, A.F.
27 18 Rendsberg, Gary A.
27 19 Revell, E.J.
27 20 Roberts, Bleddyn F.
27 21 Sanders, Jack
27 22 Sarna, Nahum M.
27 23 Sasson, Jack M.
27 24 Sawyer, John F.
27 25 Scheindlin, Raymond P.
27 26 Schiffman, Lawrence
Box Folder
28 1 Shakman, Shai
28 2 Sherwin, Byron L.
28 3 Shinan, Avigdor
28 4 Silberman, Lou H.
28 5 Smith, Morton
28 6 Smolar, Leivy
28 7 Sobel, Henry I.
28 8 Speiser, E.A.
28 9 Sperling, S. David
28 10 Stegemann, Hartmut
28 11 Szubin, H.Z.
28 12 Talmage, Frank
28 13 Tejero, Emilia Fernandez
28 14 Tsevat, Matitiahu
28 15 Ulrich, Eugene C.
28 16 Velikovsky, Immanuel
28 17 Weinberg, Milton
28 18 Weinfeld, Moshe
28 19 Wiesenberg, Ephraim J.
28 20 Williams, James G.
28 21 Wilson, Robert R.
28 22 Zafren, Herbert C.
28 23 Zlotowitz, Bernard M.
Series F. Oversize Material. [1 oversize box
Box Folder
X-441 1 Photograph. Jewish Institute of Religion. Founder's Day 25th Anniversary dinner. 16 March 1947
X-441 2 Photograph. Wise, Stephen S. 70th Birthday dinner. 12 March 1944
X-441 3 Publicity for lectures.
X-441 4 Two scrapbooks. Orlinsky’s 80th Birthday. 19 April 1988.

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