Max Margolis
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Max Leopold Margolis was a Lithuania
n-born American philologist. Son of Isaac Margolis; educated at the elementary school of his native town, the Leibniz gymnasium
, Berlin
, and Columbia University
, New York city (Ph.D.
1891). In 1891 he was appointed to a fellowship in Semitic languages
at Columbia University, and from 1892 to 1897 he was instructor, and later assistant professor, of Hebrew language
and Biblical exegesis at the Hebrew Union College
of Cincinnati. In 1897 he became assistant professor of Semitic languages in the University of California
; in 1898, associate professor; and from 1902 the head of the Semitic department. When Dropsie College was formed in 1909, Margolis was chosen as Professor of Biblical Philology, remaining at Dropsie College until his death in 1932.
Margolis was named editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Bible into English, the finished product being published in 1917. He served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature
as editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature
(1914–1921). He was also editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.
Lithuania
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n-born American philologist. Son of Isaac Margolis; educated at the elementary school of his native town, the Leibniz gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
, Berlin
Berlin
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, and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York city (Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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1891). In 1891 he was appointed to a fellowship in Semitic languages
Semitic languages
The Semitic languages are a group of related languages whose living representatives are spoken by more than 270 million people across much of the Middle East, North Africa and the Horn of Africa...
at Columbia University, and from 1892 to 1897 he was instructor, and later assistant professor, of Hebrew language
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
and Biblical exegesis at the Hebrew Union College
Hebrew Union College
The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism.HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, New York, Los Angeles and Jerusalem.The Jerusalem...
of Cincinnati. In 1897 he became assistant professor of Semitic languages in the University of California
University of California
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; in 1898, associate professor; and from 1902 the head of the Semitic department. When Dropsie College was formed in 1909, Margolis was chosen as Professor of Biblical Philology, remaining at Dropsie College until his death in 1932.
Margolis was named editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Bible into English, the finished product being published in 1917. He served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature
Society of Biblical Literature
The Society of Biblical Literature, founded 1880, is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies , with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship"...
as editor of the Journal of Biblical Literature
Journal of Biblical Literature
The Journal of Biblical Literature is one of three theological journals published by the Society of Biblical Literature .First published in 1881, JBL is the flagship journal of the field...
(1914–1921). He was also editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society.
Works (selected)
- "The Columbia College MS. of Megilla", New York, 1892
- "Notes on Semitic Grammar", parts i.-iii., in "Hebraica" ("American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures"), 1894, 1896, 1902
- "The Theology of the Old Prayer-Book", in "Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis", 1897
- "The Theological Aspect of Reformed Judaism", Baltimore, 1904
- A History of the Jewish People, Philadelphia, 1927. (with Alexander MarxAlexander MarxAlexander Marx was an American historian, bibliographer and librarian.-Biography:Born in Elberfeld, Germany, the son of George Marx, a banker, and Gertrud Simon-Marx, a published poet. Alexander Marx grew up in Königsberg . He spent a year in a Prussian artillery regiment where he excelled in...
)
External links
- ARC MS6 - Max Leopold Margolis Collection at www.library.upenn.edu