Moshe Zvi Segal Explained

Moshe Zvi Segal
Native Name:משה צבי סגל
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:23 September 1875
Birth Place:Maishad, Lithuania
Nationality: Israel
Occupation:
  • Rabbi
  • Linguist
  • Talmudic scholar

Moshe Zvi (Hirsch) Segal (Hebrew: משה צבי סגל) (born 23 September 1875; died 11 January 1968) was an Israeli rabbi, linguist and Talmudic scholar.[1]

Biography

Segal was born in Maishad, Lithuania in 1875.[2] In 1896, he moved with his family to Scotland and subsequently to London. He was ordained as a rabbi in 1902 and later obtained a degree from Oxford University. He was the Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Newcastle upon Tyne from 1910 to 1918, when he went to theBritish Mandate of Palestine as a member of the Zionist Commission with Chaim Weizmann.

Academic career

In 1926 he was appointed lecturer at the Hebrew University, where he was promoted to a chair in Bible and Semitic languages in 1939.[3]

Awards and recognition

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rabbi Moses Hirsch Segal, Biblical Scholar, Dies in Israel, Age 92. January 16, 1968.
  2. Book: The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Rubinstein. W.. Jolles. Michael A.. 2011-01-27. Springer. 9780230304666. 888. en.
  3. Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture, ed. Glenda Abramson, London: Routledge, 2004
  4. Web site: List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933–2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071217143811/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf. 2007-12-17.
  5. Web site: Israel Prize recipients in 1954 (in Hebrew) . Israel Prize Official Site . https://web.archive.org/web/20120307203211/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyad . March 7, 2012 . dead .