Moshe Weinfeld (also ''Weinfield'',
Hebrew
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: משה ויינפלד) (August 27, 1925 - April 29, 2009),
was a professor of
Bible
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at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
. In 1994, he won the
Israel Prize
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History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for
Bible
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.
Biography
Moshe Weinfeld was born in
Nowy Sącz
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,
Poland
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.
In 1965, Weinfeld earned a PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1969, he was appointed
senior lecturer
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in Hebrew University's
Bible
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department. In 1973, Weinfeld became
associate professor
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, and was promoted to
full professor
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in 1978.
Weinfeld taught at the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York. It is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism and a major center for academic scholarship in Jewish studie ...
(1967–1969);
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
, pro ...
(1968);
University of California, San Diego
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(1981);
University of California, Berkeley
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(1989).
Awards and recognition
* In 1993, Weinfeld was awarded the Ben-Zvi Prize for the
History of Palestine
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for his Hebrew book ''From Joshua to Josiah: Turning Points in the History of Israel From the Conquest of the Land Until the Fall of Judah'', Jerusalem: Magnes Press (1992).
* In 1994, he was awarded the
Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
, for Bible.
Published works
*''Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School'', Oxford: Clarendon (1972)
*''‘Justice and Righteousness’ in Ancient Israel against the Background of Social Reforms in the Ancient Near East'' (Report No. 4/79), Jerusalem: Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University (1979)
*''Getting at the Roots of Wellhausen’s Understanding of the Law of Israel: On the 100th Anniversary of the ‘Prolegomena’'' (Report No. 14/79), Jerusalem: Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University (1980)
*''The Organizational Pattern and the Penal Code of the Qumran Sect: A Comparison with Guilds and Religious Associations of the Hellenistic-Roman Period'' (NTOA, 2), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (1986)
*''Deuteronomy 1-11'' (Anchor Bible, 5), Garden City NY: Doubleday (1991)
*
The Promise of the Land The Inheritance of the Land of Canaan by the Israelites' Berkeley: University of California Press (1993)
*''Social Justice in Ancient Israel and in the Ancient Near East'', Minneapolis: Fortress, Jerusalem: Magnes Press (1995)
*''The Place of the Law in the Religion of Ancient Israel'' (Vetus Testamentum Supplement), Leiden: E.J. Brill (2004)
*''Normative and Sectarian Judaism in the Second Temple Period'', New York: T & T Clark (2005)
See also
*
List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weinfeld, Moshe
1925 births
2009 deaths
Israeli biblical scholars
Jewish biblical scholars
Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty
Israeli Jews
Polish emigrants to Israel
Israel Prize in biblical studies recipients
People from Nowy Sącz
20th-century Jewish biblical scholars
External links
Moshe Weinfeld: Hebrew University Faculty Page