Abraham Cohen (1887, Reading, Berkshire – 1957) was a Jewish-British scholar.[1] He was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud and Midrash.[2][1] He attended the University of London and Cambridge and was a minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation from 1933. He also participated actively in the World Jewish Congress and the Zionist movement[3] and became the first minister to preside over the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1949 to 1955.[4]

Works

  • Everyman's Talmud The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages (1932)
  • The Parting of the Ways: Judaism and the Rise of Christianity (1954)
  • Introduction and commentary, The Psalms (1950)

References

  1. 1 2 "4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Abraham Cohen | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  3. ↑ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
  4. ↑ "Cohen, Abraham". Encyclopaedia Judaica.


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