Saul Lieberman
Saul Lieberman (born May 28, 1898 in Motal , † March 23, 1983 near Jerusalem ) was an American rabbi and Talmudist of Russian and Israeli origin.
Life
Lieberman was born in 1898 as the son of the scholar Moshe Liebermanin Mortal and Liba Katzenellenbogen-Epstein in the Russian Empire (today's Belarus). He studied at the yeshiva in Kaunas and was ordained in 1916 . In the 1920s he began studying medicine and Latin at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev , interrupted by a stay in Palestine and further studies in France .
In 1928 he went to Jerusalem , where he studied Philology and Greek Language and Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Master of Arts). In 1931 he became a Talmud teacher at the Harry Fischel Institute for Talmudic Research in Jerusalem, which he headed from 1935 to 1940. He also taught at the Mizrachi Teachers Seminary in Jerusalem.
In 1940 he was invited to the USA, where he became Professor of Palestinian Literature and Institutions at the Rabbinical School of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTSA) in New York. In 1949 he was appointed dean and in 1958 rector of the JTSA. In 1971 he became a Distinguished Service Professor of Talmud.
He was also president of the American Academy for Jewish Research for many years , an honorary member of the Academy for the Hebrew Language and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1963) and the Israel Academy of Sciences .
He was married to Judith Berlin Lieberman (1904–1978), a daughter of Rabbi Meir Bar-Ilan , who long headed the Shulamith School for Girls in New York. Lieberman died on a flight from the United States to Israel.
Lieberman Clause
The "Liebermann Clause" named after Lieberman in the Jewish marriage contract ( Ketubba ) provides that in the event of a divorce with obstacles, the spouses submit to a rabbinical court ( Beth Din ). It was introduced in the 1954 by the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly of America and upheld by the New York Court of Appeals in 1983 .
Awards
- 1957: Bialik Prize
- 1971: Israel Prize
- 1976: Harvey Prize
Fonts (selection)
- Al ha-Yerushalmi (1929)
- Talmudahshel Keisaryah (1931)
- Ha-Yerushalmi ki-Feshuto (1934)
- Tosefet Rishonim (4 volumes, 1936–1939)
- Sheki'in (1939)
- Midreshei Teiman (1940)
- Greek in Jewish Palestine (1942)
- Hilkhot ha-Yerushalmi (1947)
- Hellenism in Jewish Palestine (1950)
- Tosefta ki-Feshutah (15 volumes (3 posthumously), 1955–1988)
- Sifrei Zuta (1968)
literature
- Tovia Preschel : Lieberman, Saul . In: Michael Berenbaum , Fred Skolnik (Ed.): Encyclopedia Judaica . Volume 12, 2nd Edition, Macmillan Reference, Detroit 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865940-4 , p. 806.
- Marc Lee Raphael, Pamela Susan Nadell: Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook . Greenwood Press, Westport 1988, ISBN 0-313-24205-4 , p. 178 ff.
- Solomon Spiro : Lieberman, Saul . In: American National Biography Online , February 2000.
Web links
- Search for "Saul Lieberman" in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- The Saul Lieberman Institute website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lieberman, Saul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lieberman, Shaul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rabbi and Talmudist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Motal , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1983 |
| Place of death | near Jerusalem |