Menahem Mansoor (1911-2001), scholar

Menahem Mansoor (1911-2001) was an American scholar.

Biography

Menahem Mansoor was born in Port-Said, Egypt, on August 4, 1911.

He studied in Tel Aviv and then moved to England to complete his education at the University of London and Trinity College, Dublin, where in 1944 he earned his PhD in Biblical Studies and Semitic Languages.

After spending some years in Israel, he moved to the United States in 1954. He served as Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison from 1955 to his retirement in 1982.

Mansoor died on October 21, 2001.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• The Thanksgiving Hymns (1961 Mansoor), book

• The Dead Sea Scrolls: A College Textbook and A Study Guide (1964 Mansoor), book
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Textbook and Study Guide, 2nd ed. (1983 Mansoor), book

• Jewish History and Thought: An Introduction (1991 Mansoor), book

External links

• [ Wikipedia]