Shammai

Shammai

male, deceased (30)
Shammai (50 BCE-30 CE) was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century, and an important figure in Judaism's core work of rabbinic literature, the Mishnah....
Leopold Zunz

Leopold Zunz

male, deceased (1886)
Leopold Zunz was the founder of what has been termed the "Science of Judaism" ("Wissenschaft des Judentums"), the critical investigation of Jewish...
Daniel Bomberg

Daniel Bomberg

male, deceased (1549)
Daniel Bomberg (d. 1549) was an early printer of Hebrew language books. Christian, born in Antwerp, he was primarily active in Venice between 1516...
Joachim Jeremias

Joachim Jeremias

male
Joachim Jeremias was born on 20 September 1900 in Dresden and spent his formative years in Jerusalem, where his father, Dr. Friedrich Jeremias...
Isadore Twersky

Isadore Twersky

male, deceased (1997)
Isadore Twersky (a.k.a. Yitzhak Twersky) (1930-October 12, 1997) was the "Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy" at Harvard...
Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

male, deceased (1893)
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin was the Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author if several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania. His...

Avraham Korman

male
Avraham Korman (1917-2002) was a Polish-born Orthodox rabbi who wrote extensively and prolifically on many subjects relating to rabbinic literature.

Samuel Adler

male, deceased (1891)
Samuel Adler (b. Worms, Germany, December 3, 1809; d. New York City, June 9, 1891) was a leading German-American Reform rabbi, Talmudist, and...

Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno

male, deceased (1550)
Obadiah ben Jacob Sforno was an Italian rabbi, Biblical commentator, philosopher and physician. He was born at Cesena about 1475 and died at...
Christian M. M. Brady

Christian M. M. Brady

male, 41 years old
Christian M. M. Brady (born 1968) is an American targumist, Jewish studies scholar and academic. He is Dean of the Schreyer Honors College, Penn...