Moses Hadas

Moses Hadas (June 25, 1900, Atlanta, Georgia – August 17, 1966) was an American teacher, a classical scholar, and a translator of numerous works from Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and German.

Life Raised in Atlanta in a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish household, his early studies included rabbinical training. He earned a rabbinical degree (1926) from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NY and earned his MA (1925) and PhD (1930) in classics at Columbia University, NY. He was fluent in Yiddish, German, ancient Hebrew, ancient Greek, Latin, French, and Italian, and well-versed in other languages.

Moses Hadas had four children, Jane, David, Elizabeth and Rachel Hadas.

The Story of Virgil's Aeneid: Introduction and Readings in Latin (and English) by Professor Moses Hadas (1955) The Latin Language: Introduction and Reading in Latin (and English) by Professor Moses Hadas of Columbia University (1955) Plato on the Death of Socrates: Introduction with Readings from the Apology and the Phaedo in Greek & in English trans. (1956) Caesar: Readings in Latin and English by Professor Moses Hadas (1956) Cicero: Commentary and Readings in Latin and English by Moses Hadas (1956) Longus - Daphnis and Chloe: Read by Moses Hadas from His Translation (1958)