Israel Davidson
Israel Davidson (* 1870 in Jonava , Lithuania , † 1939 in Great Neck (New York) ) was an American Jewish writer of Lithuanian origin ( Litwak ), one of the leading American Hebrew writers of his time.
Life
Davidson studied in the Yeshiva in Jonava, Volozhin and Slobodka . In 1898 he emigrated to New York, worked in a number of professions and earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University .
His main work was the four-volume Otsar ha-shirah veha-piyut ( Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry , New York 1924–1933).
literature
- Yosef Goldman: Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926. A History and Annotated Bibliography . YGBooks 2006, ISBN 1-59975-685-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davidson, Israel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jonava , Lithuania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |
| Place of death | Great Neck, New York |