Milgrom, Jacob, 1923-2010

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Rabbi, author, and University of California at Berkeley Professor Emeritus Biblical Studies Jacob Milgrom was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 1, 1923. He studied at Brooklyn College before earning advanced degrees from the Jewish Theological Seminary. In 1948 he married Jo Milgrom (nee Berman), a biblical scholar in her own right; they have four children. Jacob Milgrom's research interests include Leviticus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Tannaitic literature; over the course of his distinguished career he published five books and more than two hundred articles. He was named a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, and a senior fellow of the Algright Institute of Archaelogical Research. Rabbi Milgrom retired in 1992. He died in Jerusalem, Israel.
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creatorOf Jacob Milgrom papers, ca. 1945- 1994 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Dorff, Elliot N. University of Judaism, Graduate Theological Union Annual Colloquia Collection, 1973-1983. Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
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Jerusalem 06 IL
Berkeley CA US
Brooklyn NY US
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Book collecting
Judaica and Hebraica Collections
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College teachers
Old Testament scholars
Rabbis
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Birth 1923-02-01

Death 2010-06-05

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