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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Born in Galicia, | 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 on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*A Social and Religious History of the Jews (1952-1983) | *[[A Social and Religious History of the Jews (1952-1983 Baron), book]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 29 October 2009
Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989) was a Jewish-American scholar.
Biography
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.