Dropsie students •
Barry J. Beitzel (1942–), American biblical and geographical scholar, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, and Bible translator. •
Larry L. Walker (1932–2021), American biblical scholar, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, and Bible translator •
Kenneth L. Barker (1931–), American biblical scholar, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, and Bible translator •
William Sanford LaSor (1911-1991), American biblical scholar •
Philip Birnbaum (1904–1988), Polish-American author and translator, best known for his translation of the
siddur •
Joshua Bloch (1890–1957), Lithuanian-American rabbi and librarian •
Raymond B. Dillard (1944–1993), American Old Testament scholar •
Iris Habib Elmasry (1910–1994), Coptic historian and scholar •
Simon Ginzburg (1890–1944), Hebrew poet, critic and historian. Obtained a PhD from Dropsie in 1923. Translated the letters of the Ramchal. •
Cyrus H. Gordon (1908–2001),
Near East scholar – did not graduate •
R. Laird Harris (1911–2008), American Presbyterian minister and Old Testament scholar •
Louis L. Kaplan (1902–2001), President of
Baltimore Hebrew University 1930–1970, Acting Chancellor of the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1976–1977 •
Meredith G. Kline (1922–2007), American
theologian and Old Testament scholar – Ph.D. in
Assyriology and
Egyptology •
Samuel Noah Kramer (1897–1990), Ukrainian-American
Assyriologist and
Sumeriologist – did not graduate; transferred to Penn •
Albert L. Lewis (1917–2008), Congregational rabbi and professor of homiletics at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America •
Benzion Netanyahu (1910–2012), Zionist, scholar of Jewish history, and father of Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu •
James D. Price (1925–2025), American biblical scholar, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, and Bible translator •
Frederic Clarke Putnam (1952-), American biblical scholar and linguist, Professor of Bible & Liberal Studies,
Templeton Honors College •
Bernard Revel (1885–1940), future head of
RIETS yeshiva and founder/President of
Yeshiva College. 1911 doctoral thesis on Karaite Judaism •
Ephraim Speiser (1902–1965)
Near East scholar and archaeologist, excavator of
Tepe Gawra •
Edward J. Young (1907–1968), American Old Testament scholar and commentator •
Terry L. Eves (1952–2019), American biblical theology scholar and Professor of Old Testament •
Ronald F. Youngblood (1931–2014), American biblical scholar and Professor of Old Testament •
Richard Averbeck, American biblical scholar and Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School •
Simon Schwarzfuchs (1927-), French-Israeli rabbi and historian, Professor of Jewish History at
Bar Ilan University.
Dropsie faculty •
Cyrus Adler, Jewish religious leader and scholar – president •
William Chomsky, noted Hebrew scholar and father of
Noam Chomsky •
Benzion Halper, Hebraist and Arabist •
Benzion Netanyahu, historian of Jews in medieval
Spain and father of
Benjamin Netanyahu,
Yonatan Netanyahu, and
Iddo Netanyahu •
Raphael Patai,
ethnographer and
anthropologist – professor of anthropology, 1948–1957 •
Stefan Reif, Jewish researcher – assistant professor of Hebrew, 1972–1973 •
Solomon Zeitlin, historian of the second Jewish commonwealth and early Christianity. •
Solomon Gandz, research professor of the history of Semitic Civilization •
Bernard D. Weinryb, professor of Jewish history and economics, author of numerous works on European Jewish history ==Reformation ==