Rabbi Ezekiel Isidore Epstein | |
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Rabbi of Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation | |
In office 1920–1928 | |
Principal of Jews' College, London | |
In office 1945–1961 | |
Personal life | |
Born | |
Died | April 13, 1962 | (aged 67)
Nationality | Lithuanian-British |
Notable work(s) | Editor of the first complete English translation of the Babylonian Talmud |
Alma mater | University of London |
Occupation | Rabbi, scholar, educator |
Religious life | |
Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
Ezekiel Isidore Epstein (Hebrew: יחזקאל יצחק אפשטיין; 1894 – 13 April 1962)[1][2] was an English Orthodox rabbi, Jewish studies scholar, and Jewish educator. Epstein edited the first complete English translation of the Babylonian Talmud (the Soncino Talmud),[3] served as the headmaster of Jews' College, London,[4] and was the author of The Faith of Judaism,[5] a work of 20th-century Jewish philosophy. He was also the author of numerous scholarly and popular books on Judaism.[6]
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