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Ezra Zion Melamed | |
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עזרא ציון מלמד | |
Born | |
Died | 9 March 1994 | (aged 90)
Occupation(s) | Rabbi, scholar, lexicographer |
Notable work | Biblical interpretation, Rabbinical literature, Aramaic lexicography |
Awards | Israel Prize (1987) |
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]