Benzion Judah Berkowitz

Benzion Judah Berkowitz
Born(1803-07-23)23 July 1803
Died11 May 1879(1879-05-11) (aged 75)
Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire
Writing career
Movement
Haskalah

Benzion Judah ben Eliahu Berkowitz (Yiddish: בן־ציון יהודה בן אליהו בערקאָוויץ, romanized: Ben-Tsiyon Yehuda ben Eliyahu Berkovits; 23 July 1803 – 11 May 1879) was a Russian Hebrew scholar, who published a number of works devoted to the study of the Targum Onkelos. His contributions to the area were acknowledged by such scholars as Berliner and other specialists on the Targum. He also contributed to the Hebrew periodicals Pirḥe Tzafon, Ha-Karmel, Otzar Ḥokhmah, and Ha-Maggid.

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References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ginzberg, Louis; Rosenthal, Herman (1902). "Berkowitz, Benzion Judah ben Eliahu". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 69.

  1. 1 2 Fuenn, Shmuel Yosef (1886). Knesset Yisrael: zikhronot le-toldot gedole Yisrael ha-nodaʻim la-shem be-toratam, be-ḥokhmatam, uve-maʻasehem [The Assembly of Israel: A Biographical Lexicon of the Great Persons of Israel Known for their Scholarship, Wisdom, and Deeds] (in Hebrew). Warsaw: Boymriter & Gonshor. p. 174.
  2. ↑ Berliner, A. (1884). Targum Onkelos (in German and Hebrew). Vol. 2. Berlin: Gorzelanczyk & Co. p. 197.