Nechama Leibowitz
Nechama Leibowitz (* 1905 in Riga , Russian Empire ; died April 12, 1997 in Jerusalem ) was a biblical scholar , commentator and teacher who brought about a renaissance of Bible study among Israeli Jews in the second half of the 20th century .
Life
Jeschajahu Leibowitz's sister was born in Riga and grew up in Berlin since 1919 . There she studied at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität and in Marburg , where she presented in 1930 under Karl Helm on the translation technology of the Jewish-German Bible translations of the 15th and 16th centuries. at d. Psalms doctorate and moved to Eretz Israel that same year . For 25 years she taught there at the Mizrachi teacher training college at Tel Aviv University and at other schools, including the Hesder Yeshivot . From 1957 she taught at Tel Aviv University and became a full professor eleven years later.
In 1942 she had started to reproduce and distribute pages with questions about the weekly Torah section. Over the years, these "pages" (Hebrew, dafim ) became her trademark, and she managed to reach an ever larger audience. She was also a commentator on Israeli radio ( Qol Jisrael ) and received the Israel Prize for Education in 1956 .
In 1968 she became a professor at Tel Aviv University. The students simply called her “Nechama” or, with the title they wanted, “Teacher” (instead of: Professor); Consistent with this, "מורה" ( mora , "teacher") is the only word that is on her tombstone.
For many years Leibowitz's “Pages” consisted only of questions; it is only thanks to the perseverance of the students that she was later ready to publish answers to the questions - but not without adding new questions for further studies.
Her biblical text interpretations show her extensive knowledge and great familiarity with traditional and modern Bible commentators and at the same time show her sensitivity to the religious, literary and / or psychological meaning of the text. In doing so, she always looked for the simple sense of the word ( pschat ) - not unlike Rashi . She wanted to fill her students with a love of the Bible and with the belief that the levels of meaning in her text must be tapped by the reader.
Leibowitz '"Pages" were translated into many languages and reached students and teachers all over the world. They were later collected and published in book form as "studies" (in the final version five volumes, one volume for each book of the Pentateuch). They are published on the Internet under the name "Gilyonot".
Nechama Leibowitz is one of the leading biblical scholars of the twentieth century and is an enduring role model for orthodox scholars and teachers.
She died in Jerusalem in 1997 - three years after her brother Yeschajahu Leibowitz.
Fonts
- Studies on the weekly Torah lectures. Editor: Gabriel H. Cohn, Translator: Alfred Bodenheimer , hardcover, Eliner Library, 2006, ISBN 978-9657118214 , 337 pages.
Individual evidence
literature
- Leah Abramowitz: Tales of Nehama: Impressions of the Life and Teaching of Nehama Leibowitz. Gefen Publishing House, 2003.
- Shmuel Peerless: To Study and to Teach: The Methodology of Nechama Leibowitz. Urim Publications, 2005.
Web links
- Nechama Leibowitz. Studies on the weekly Torah lectures. In: Freiburg circular. Journal for Christian-Jewish encounter.
- Jewish Women`s Archive - Encyclopedia - Nechama Leibowitz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leibowitz, Nechama |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli biblical scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1997 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |