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.
Raised in Atlanta in a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish household, his early studies included rabbinical training.
[1] His most productive years were spent at Columbia University, where he was a colleague of Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling.
[1] Early in 1966, Hadas delivered four lectures on Hebraism and Hellenism at the 92nd St Y in New York City.
[1] With his first wife, he had a son David Hadas (1931-2004), a professor of English and Religious Studies at Washington University; and Jane Streusand.