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Article: The legacy of Robert Gordis: a memorial tribute on the first Yahrzeit.
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- January 1, 1993
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FOR MANY YEARS, DURING THE HOLIDAY OF Passover, when the Song of Songs is read in the synagogue, I turned to The Song of Songs: A Study, Modern Translation and Commentary, by Robert Gordis, not only to read his wondrously poetic translation and rendition into twenty-eight songs and fragments, but to study his detailed fifteen chapters and the scores of notes in his commentary. Although text and commentary have become familiar to me by an annual re-reading since the book's publication in 1954, the book remains an ever-fresh source of literacy, religious, and intellectual enjoyment. In 1992, the holiday came only several months after the death of Gordis on January 3, ...
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