David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940), scholar

David Samuel Margoliouth (1858-1940) was a British scholar, of Jewish descent.

Biography

David Samuel Margoliouth was born October 17, 1858 in London [England] into a Jewish family converted to Anglicanism.

A graduate from Oxford University, Margoliouth was an Orientialist, who mastered Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian and Syriac, in addition to Hebrew. He became especially renowned for his studies on early Islam.

Margoliouth died on March 23, 1940.

Works on Second Temple Judaism

Books

• Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon (1902 Margoliouth), book

• Mohammed and the Rise of Islam (1905 Margoliouth), book

• The Works of Flavius Josephus (1906 Whiston / Margoliouth), book

• The Early Development of Mohammedanism (1914 Margoliouth), book

• The Relations Between Arabs and Israelites Prior to the Rise of Islam (1924 Margoliouth), book

External links

• Wikipedia