This tribute examines the scholarly contributions and personal character of Professor Louis Ginzberg, a preeminent Jewish scholar whose mastery of Rabbinic literature was unparalleled in his era. The analysis employs biographical methodology and textual evaluation to assess Ginzberg's major works and their lasting impact on Jewish scholarship. Key findings demonstrate that Ginzberg's *Legends of the Jews* represents an encyclopedic synthesis requiring extraordinary erudition, while his studies of Geonic literature in *Geonica* and *Ginze Schechter* remain foundational texts for Jewish historians and Talmudic scholars. His groundbreaking work *Unbekannte juedische Sekte*, analyzing the Zadokite Documents, provided the most significant early discussion of what is now known as the Qumran Sect, maintaining its scholarly relevance over sixty years after publication. The study reveals Ginzberg's innovative synthesis of Talmudic learning with sociological and economic insights, representing an "Einsteinian insight" that transformed understanding of early Pharisaic Sages. His incomplete commentary on the Yerushalmi, though only partially completed, established methodological frameworks for future Palestinian Talmud studies. The analysis concludes that Ginzberg's influence extended beyond scholarship to institutional development, as he was instrumental in establishing high academic standards and recruiting distinguished faculty, combining exceptional intellectual gifts with profound personal character rooted in the Musar movement tradition.