Levi (Louis) Bellig | |
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לוי ביליג | |
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| Born | 1897 London, England |
| Died | 22 August 1936 (aged 39) |
| Resting place | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery |
| Known for | pioneering Arabic studies in Hebrew |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oriental studies, Arabic literature |
Levi (Lewis) Billig (Hebrew: לוי ביליג; 1897 – 22 August 1936) was an Anglo-Jewish orientalist and scholar of Arabic. One of the pioneers of Arabic education in the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, Billig co-edited the first Arabic textbook for Hebrew-speaking students and was the first lecturer in Arabic language and literature at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Billig was murdered in 1936 by an Arab assassin in his home in the early months of the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.