Abraham Cohen (editor)

Abraham Cohen (1887, Reading, Berkshire – 1957) was a Jewish-British scholar.[1] Cohen was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible and participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud and Midrash.[2][1]

Abraham Cohen attended the University of London and Cambridge. In 1933, he became the minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation. He was an active participant in the World Jewish Congress and the Zionist movement.[3] He was President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1949 to 1955.[4]

Published works

  • Ancient Jewish Proverbs (1911)
  • The Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Berakot (1921)
  • Everyman's Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages (1932)
  • The Parting of the Ways: Judaism and the Rise of Christianity (1954)
  • Introduction and commentary, The Psalms (1950)

References

  1. ^ a b "4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Abraham Cohen | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  3. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
  4. ^ "Cohen, Abraham". Encyclopaedia Judaica.