Jacob Weingreen
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Jacob Weingreen (January 1908 – 11 April 1995[1]) was an Irish professor of Hebrew in Trinity College, Dublin – School of Religion and Theology[2] between 1939 and 1979.
He excavated in Samaria and maintained contact with archaeologists who donated pieces to the Weingreen Museum of Biblical Antiquities which was named after him.[3] Professor Weingreen was the author of A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, a textbook that is still recognized as the standard teaching work on the subject.[2] In 1961 Weingreen was president of the Society for Old Testament Study.[3]
Works
[edit]- A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, Oxford University Press; 1st edition, 1939; 2nd edition, 1959. ISBN 0-19-815422-4
References
[edit]- ↑ Memorial service for noted Hebrew scholar
- 1 2 Tigay, Alan M. (1994). The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish Communities and Sights. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-56821-078-0.
- 1 2 Encyclopaedia Judaica Year Book. Encyclopaedia Judaica. 1983.
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