Nehama Leibowitz (1905–1997)
Author of Studies in Bereshit (Genesis : in the Context of Ancient and Modern Jewish Bible Commentary)
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Works by Nehama Leibowitz
Studies in Bereshit (Genesis : in the Context of Ancient and Modern Jewish Bible Commentary) (1981) 133 copies
Studies in Bereshit (Genesis); Studies in Shemot (Exodus); Studies in Vayikra (Leviticus); Studies in Devarim… (2010) — Author — 20 copies
Studies in the Weekly Sidra; 5716 2 copies
גליונות לעיון בספר ירמיהו — Author — 1 copy
עיונים חדשים בספר שמות 1 copy
ללמוד וללמד תנ"ך 1 copy
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- Other names
- ליבוביץ, נחמה
LEIBOWITZ, Nehama - Birthdate
- 1905-09-03
- Date of death
- 1997-04-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Russia (birth)
Israel - Birthplace
- Riga, Latvia
- Place of death
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Places of residence
- Tel Aviv, Israel
Berlin, Germany - Education
- University of Berlin (PhD|1930)
- Occupations
- Bible scholar
literary scholar
university professor
radio broadcaster - Relationships
- Leibowitz, Yeshayahu (brother)
- Organizations
- Tel Aviv University
- Awards and honors
- Israel Prize (1956)
Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought (1983) - Short biography
- Nechama Leibowitz was born t in Riga two years after her elder brother Yeshayahu Leibowitz, who became a famous philosopher. The family moved to Berlin, Germany in 1919. Nechama Leibowitz taught, wrote articles and studied for her doctorate at the University of Marburg, Her thesis was entitled Techniques in the Translations of German-Jewish Biblical Translations. In 1930, after earning her degree, she and her husband Lipman Leibowitz (who was her uncle) fulfilled a dream by immigrating to the British Mandate of Palestine. There Nechama taught at a religious Zionist teachers' seminar for the next 25 years, and also traveled around the country on buses, in taxis and on airplanes teaching Torah and commentaries. In 1957 she began lecturing at Tel Aviv University, She also taught classes at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and other educational institutions. In addition to her writings, Nechama Leibowitz regularly commented on Torah for the Voice of Israel radio station. In 1956, she was awarded the Israel Prize for her work in furthering understanding and appreciation of the Bible.
In 1983, she was a co-recipient of the Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought.
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