Moshe Greenberg

Moshe Greenberg ( Hebrew משה גרינברג; * July 10, 1928 in Philadelphia ; † May 15, 2010 in Jerusalem ) was an American - Israeli Jewish religious scholar , Judaist and university professor .

biography

After schooling, he studied biblical studies and Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1954 with the promotion of Doctor of theology from. He also studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary (Jewish Theological Seminary of America) Judaica and received after its completion, the ordination of rabbis .

In 1964 he was appointed Professor of Biblical Studies and Judaica at the University of Pennsylvania.

In 1970 he finally emigrated to Israel , where he accepted a position as professor of Jewish studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

Greenberg was one of the most important Jewish Bible Students and dealt with the Sabbath and the books of Moses and Ezekiel , on which he wrote a two-volume commentary in which he also described “how the prohibition of murder in the Abrahamic religion became an unbreakable taboo because of it of growing belief in human relationship with God ”.

Greenberg was established in 1994 as First the Israel Prize for Bible studies awarded the highest honor the state of Israel. In 1987 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Publications

• Understanding Exodus . Behrman House et al., New York NY 1969 ( The Heritage of Biblical Israel 2, 1).
• Ezekiel 1-20 , Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries, 1983, ISBN 0-385-00954-2
• Ezekiel 1-20. Herder's theological commentary on the Old Testament , Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2001, ISBN 3-451-26842-6
• Ezekiel 21-37. Herder's theological commentary on the Old Testament , Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2005, ISBN 3-451-26843-4

Web links

• JTA: Biblical scholar Moshe Greenberg dies (May 17, 2010)
• NEW YORK TIMES: Moshe Greenberg, Biblical Scholar, Is Dead at 81 (May 19, 2010)
• THE BOSTON GLOBE: Moshe Greenberg, at 81; influential Bible scholar (May 20, 2010)
• CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Biblical scholar honored in Israel. MOSHE GREENBERG 1928-2010: Wrote definitive 2-volume work on the Book of Ezekiel (May 21, 2010)