Moshe Zvi Segal
Moshe Zvi (Hirsch) Segal (Hebrew: משה צבי סגל) (born 23 September 1876; died 11 January 1968) was an eminent Israeli rabbi, linguist and Talmudic scholar. Segal appears to have changed his middle name in the late 1950s or early 1960s, eventually dropping Zvi entirely.[1] This was perhaps to distinguish himself from another Israeli Rabbi Moshe Zvi Segal (1904–1984) who was a nationalist political activist.[2]
Early life
Segal was born in Lithuania in 1876. 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 emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1926.
Awards
- In 1936 (jointly with Raphael Patai) and again in 1950, Segal was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought.[3]
- In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ http://archive.jta.org/article/1968/01/16/2944718/rabbi-moses-hirsch-segal-biblical-scholar-dies-in-israel-age-92
- ↑ http://www.come-and-hear.com/editor/br-segal-bio/index.html
- ↑ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933–2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF).
- ↑ "Israel Prize recipients in 1954 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010.
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