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Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein was an Israeli linguist and Bible scholar who taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and won the Israel Prize in 1988.

1925 to 1991The Hebrew University Bible ProjectResearch on the Aleppo CodexDictionary of Modern HebrewSemitic linguistics and biblical philology

Born: 6 September 1925, Berlin
Died: 14 September 1991, Jerusalem
Occupation: lexicographer, linguist, university teacher, grammarian
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein was born in 1925 in Berlin

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein was born in Berlin in 1925. He moved to Palestine in 1939 to escape the Nazis.

In 1942 he began studying Arabic, Semitic linguistics and Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During his studies he taught at high schools and teacher colleges in Jerusalem. After his doctorate he did further study at the University of Oxford.

He joined the Hebrew University staff in 1950 and became a professor in 1967. He led the Hebrew University Bible Project, which he founded, and from 1972 headed the lexicography and Bible research institutes at Bar-Ilan University. His work covered the Dead Sea Scrolls, medieval Hebrew, dictionaries and the Aleppo Codex.

He received the Israel Prize in Jewish studies in 1988. He married Esther, a clinical psychologist, and they had 2 sons. He died in 1991 and was buried at Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.