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'''Salo Wittmayer Baron''' (1895-1989) was a Jewish-American scholar. Born in Galicia. Earned doctorates in history (1917), political science (1922), and law (1923) from the University of Vienna. Also completed a rabbinical degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Vienna in 1920. Came to the United States in 1926 and taught at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York before becoming the Miller Chair of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions in 1930 at Columbia University (1930-1963). First member of American Faculty to teach Judaic Studies. President of American Academy for Jewish Research. | |||
Born in Galicia. Earned doctorates in history (1917), political science (1922), and law (1923) from the University of Vienna. Also completed a rabbinical degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Vienna in 1920. Came to the United States in 1926 and taught at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York before becoming the Miller Chair of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions in 1930 at Columbia University (1930-1963). First member of American Faculty to teach Judaic Studies. President of American Academy for Jewish Research. | |||
==Works | ==Works== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*[[A Social and Religious History of the Jews (1952-1983 Baron), book]] | *[[A Social and Religious History of the Jews (1952-1983 Baron), book]] | ||
== | *[[Judaism: Postbiblical and Talmudic Period (1954 Baron, Blau), book]] | ||
==Biography== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_Wittmayer_Baron Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_Wittmayer_Baron Wikipedia] | ||
[[Category:Scholars|Baron]] | [[Category:Scholars|1895 Baron]] | ||
[[Category:American|1895 Baron]] | [[Category:American|1895 Baron]] | ||
[[Category:American Scholars|1895 Baron]] | [[Category:American Scholars|1895 Baron]] | ||
[[Category:Jewish-American|1895 Baron]] | |||
[[Category:Jewish-American Scholars|1895 Baron]] | |||
[[Category:Jewish|1895 Baron]] | [[Category:Jewish|1895 Baron]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:58, 1 November 2015
Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989) was a Jewish-American scholar. Born in Galicia. Earned doctorates in history (1917), political science (1922), and law (1923) from the University of Vienna. Also completed a rabbinical degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Vienna in 1920. Came to the United States in 1926 and taught at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York before becoming the Miller Chair of Jewish History, Literature, and Institutions in 1930 at Columbia University (1930-1963). First member of American Faculty to teach Judaic Studies. President of American Academy for Jewish Research.