Ezra Zion Melamed

Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed (Hebrew: עזרא ציון מלמד‎‎, also ע"צ מלמד‎, November 22, 1903[1] – March 9, 1994[2]) was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language.[1] He was born in Shiraz, Persia in 1903.[3] He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature.[4] He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "הרב פרופ' ע"צ מלמד בן תשעים" (PDF). Akadem (אקדם) (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: The Academy of the Hebrew Language (2): 2. January 1994. ISSN 0793-0593. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "פרופ' ע"צ מלמד ז"ל" (PDF). Akadem (in Hebrew) (3): 3. June 1994. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Who's Who Israel. 1968. p. lxxviii. OCLC 1769848.
  4. ↑ Safrai, Shmuel (1987). Betsalel, Yitshak, ed. "הרב פרופסור עזרא ציון מלמד" (PDF). Pe'amim (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Mekhon Ben-Tsvi (31): 154–155. ISSN 0334-4088. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
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