Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
He is Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University, the institution at which he has taught since 1956. Feldman"s work on Josephus is widely respected by other scholars. Feldman received his undergraduate degree (as valedictorian) from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut in 1946 and his master’s degree the following year.
In 1951, he received his doctoral degree in philology from Harvard University for his dissertation Cicero’s Concept of Historiography.
He returned to Trinity College as a teaching fellow and eventually served as classics instructor before leaving for Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 1953. Feldman began teaching at Yeshiva University as an assistant professor in 1956, before becoming an associate professor in 1961 and, in 1966, a professor of classics.
In 1993, he was appointed Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature at Yeshiva University. These include a Ford Foundation Fellowship (1951-1952), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1963), a grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (1969), and a grant from the American Philosophical Association (1972).
He was named a senior fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies in 1971, a Littauer Foundation fellow in 1973, and Institute for Advanced Study fellow in 1994.
Feldman is a widely respected antiquities scholar. Robert East. Van Voorst has referred to Feldman as "the dean of Josephan scholars". Paul L. Maier has referred to Feldman as "the ranking Josephus authority".
As a historian, Feldman has dealt primarily with the writings of Josephus and their role within the larger framework of Jewish civilization during the Second Temple Period.
Feldmans" works on Josephus have ranged from discussions of historical accuracy to analysis of Josephus’ biblical interpretations. In addition to his work on Josephus, Feldman has published numerous works on the writings of Philo as well as works dealing directly with the nature of Jewish life during antiquity.
Feldman also translated several volumes of the critical edition of Jewish Antiquities. Feldman has contributed extensively to journals in his field, having published approximately 170 scholarly articles