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''' Abraham I. Katsch''' (1908-1998) was an American Jewish scholar.

==Biography==

Abraham I. Katsch was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States in 1925.

In 1933, at New York University, he offered the first course in modern Hebrew ever taught in an American University.

In 1942 he received his PhD from Dropsie College and taught Judaic Studies at New University and Dropsie COllege until his retirement inn 1976.

He died in 1998.

==Works on Jewish, Christian and Islamic Origins==

====Books====

*[[Judaism and the Koran: Biblical and Talmudic Backgrounds of the Koran and Its Commentaries (1962 Katsch), book]]

==External links==

*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0012_0_10825.html Jewish Virtual Library]


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[[Category:Born in the 1900s| 1908 Katsch]]
[[Category:Died in the 1990s| 1998 Katsch]]


[[Category:Early Islamic Scholars|1908 Katsch]]
[[Category:Early Islamic Scholars--United States|1908 Katsch]]