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
- Web site: Rabbi Moses Hirsch Segal, Biblical Scholar, Dies in Israel, Age 92. January 16, 1968.
- Book: The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Rubinstein. W.. Jolles. Michael A.. 2011-01-27. Springer. 9780230304666. 888. en.
- Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture, ed. Glenda Abramson, London: Routledge, 2004
- 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.
- 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 .
