Abraham Cohen (editor)
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Abraham Cohen was a Jewish-British scholar. He was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible
and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud
and Midrash
. 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.
Soncino Books of the Bible
The Soncino Books of the Bible is a set of Hebrew Bible commentaries, covering the whole Tanakh in fourteen volumes, published by the Soncino Press. The first volume to appear was Psalms in 1945, and the last was Chronicles in 1952. The series was edited by Rev. Dr...
and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
and Midrash
Midrash
The Hebrew term Midrash is a homiletic method of biblical exegesis. The term also refers to the whole compilation of homiletic teachings on the Bible....
. He attended the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and was a minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation from 1933. He also participated actively in the World Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
The World Jewish Congress was founded in Geneva, Switzerland, in August 1936 as an international federation of Jewish communities and organizations...
and the Zionist movement.
Works
- Everyman's Talmud The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages (1932)
- The Parting of the Ways: Judaism and the Rise of Christianity (1954)