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{{Infobox person
| name = Rabbi
| image =Samuel Belkin 1938.jpg
| caption = ''Photo courtesy of Yeshiva University''
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|12|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Svislach]], [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Belarus]])<ref name=Ohles/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|4|19|1911|12|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[New York City]], [[United States]]
| education = Ph.D., [[Brown University]]
| occupation = [[University President|President]] of [[Yeshiva University]]
| spouse = Selma Ehrlich<ref name=Ohles>{{cite book|last1=Ohles|first1=Frederik|last2=Ohles|first2=Shirley M.|last3=Ramsay|first3=John G.|title=Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators|date=1997|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=0-313-29133-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000ohle/page/22
| children = Linda Rose Belkn Schuchalter and Salo Maurice Belkin<ref name=NYTobit/>
| parents = Solomon Belkin and Minna (Sattir) Belkin<ref name=Ohles/>
| signature = Samuel_Belkin_Signature_from_Goldman_Collection.png
}}
'''Samuel Belkin''' (December 12, 1911
==Biography==
Belkin was born in 1911 in [[Svislach]], [[Russian Empire]] (now [[Belarus]]) and studied in the [[yeshiva]]s of [[Slonim]] and [[Mir yeshiva (Poland)|Mir]]. Recognized at a young age as an ''illui'', a genius, he was ordained as a
As a child, he sought to leave Poland after he witnessed his father being shot by a policeman in 1919.<ref>Samuel Belkin, Rabbi William G. Braude, Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, Vol. 44, 1977 (1977), pp. xvii-xx in JSTOR, American Academy for Jewish Research.</ref> He emigrated to the United States in 1929, studied with [[Harry Austryn Wolfson]] at Harvard and received his doctorate (concerned with the writings of [[Philo]]) at [[Brown University]] in 1935, one of the first awarded for [[Jewish studies|Judaic studies in American academia]]. In 1940, an elaboration of his Ph.D. thesis was published with the title "Philo and the Oral Law — The Philonic Interpretation of Biblical Law in Relation to the Palestinian Halakah."
He then joined the faculty of Yeshiva College, New York, where he taught [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]]. He became a full professor in 1940 and was appointed dean of its [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] (RIETS) the same year. In 1943, Belkin was named
As a scholar, he published many works on [[halakha|Jewish law]] and [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic literature]]. His most significant published works are "Philo and the Oral Law" and "In His Image: The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition".
In his work, "In His Image," Dr. Belkin described Judaism as a Democratic Theocracy — a theocracy because the first principle of Jewish thought describes the Kingship of God, and a democracy because the Written and the Oral Law emphasize the infinite worth of each human being.<ref
Belkin stepped down as university president in 1975.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spiegel|first1=Irving|title=Belkin, Citing Illness, Resigns as Yeshiva President|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/09/archives/belkin-citing-illness-resigns-as-yeshiva-president.html|accessdate=18 November 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 9, 1975|page=29}}</ref> He died in 1976 in [[New York City]] after an illness. He was 64.<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news|last1=Spiegel|first1=Irving|title=Samuel Belkin of Yeshiva Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/19/archives/samuel-belkin-of-yeshiva-dies-32year-president-noted-as-scholar.html?_r=0|accessdate=18 November 2016|work=New York Times|date=April 19, 1976|page=30}}</ref>
==Legacy==
The [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] gives an award to one graduating law student each year in Dr. Belkin's honor. The award recognizes the student who exemplifies the combination of excellence in leadership, scholarship and exceptional contribution to the growth and development of the law school. Past recipients of the Dr. Samuel Belkin Award include:▼
▲The [[Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law]] gives an award to one graduating law student each year in Dr. Belkin's honor. The award recognizes the student who exemplifies the combination of excellence in leadership, scholarship and exceptional contribution to the growth and development of the law school. Past recipients of the Dr. Samuel Belkin Award include:{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
*Marlene Besterman (1986)
*Frank M. Esposito (1994)
*Matthew J. Kluger (1994)
*Magda M. Jimenez (1995)
*Thomas Harding (1996)
*Vsevolod "Steve" Maskin (2000)
*Alan Gotthelf (2001)
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*Kimberly N. Grant (2007)
*Meghan DuPuis Maurus (2008)
*Jil Simon (2013),
* Francesca Rebecca Acocella (2016), and
* Sarah Helen Ganley (2017)
==Bibliography==
*Belkin, Samuel. ''In His Image — The Jewish Philosophy of Man as Expressed in Rabbinic Tradition''. London, New York, Abelard-Schuman [1960]
*Belkin, Samuel. ''Philo and the Oral Law — the Philonic Interpretation of Biblical Law in Relation to the Palestinian Halakah''. Cambridge,
*Belkin, Samuel. ''The Philosophy of Purpose''. New York, Yeshiva University, 1958.
*Belkin, Samuel. ''Midrash ha-Shemot be-Filon''. [New York, 1956]
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==References==
*[https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel Samuel Belkin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140921/https://dbs.bh.org.il/luminary/belkin-samuel |date=2018-06-12 }}, The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot
*[http://www.yucommentator.com/media/paper652/news/2005/05/16/Yudaica/Samuel.Belkins.Application.To.Riets-951245.shtml Samuel Belkin's Application to RIETS], yucommentator.com
*[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/sbelkin.html Samuel Belkin, Jewish Virtual Library], www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
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==Notes==
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[[Category:1976 deaths]]
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[[Category:Belarusian Jews]]
[[Category:Polish emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Presidents of Yeshiva University]]
[[Category:Yeshiva University rosh yeshivas]]
[[Category:Mir Yeshiva alumni]]
[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
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