Abraham Cohen
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Abraham Cohen may refer to:
- Abraham Burton CohenAbraham Burton CohenAbraham Burton Cohen was an American civil engineer notable for his role in designing innovative and record-breaking concrete bridges such as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's Tunkhannock Viaduct, the world's largest concrete structure when completed...
, American civil engineer - Abraham Cohen LabattAbraham Cohen LabattAbraham Cohen Labatt was a prominent pioneer of Reform Judaism in the United States in the 19th century, founding several early congregations. A Sephardic Jew, he was one of the organizers of the Reform congregation in Charleston in 1825. A few years later he moved to Charlotte, North Carolina...
, pioneer of Reform Judaism - Abraham Cohen PimentelAbraham Cohen PimentelAbraham Cohen Pimentel was an rabbi of Amsterdam. He was a student of Saul Levi Morteira, and he also served as hakham of the synagogue in Hamburg and was initially a signator to a letter of approbation for Sabbatai Zevi. He was the author of the Minchat Kohen, published in 1668.-References:...
, Orthodox rabbi - Abraham Cohen de HerreraAbraham Cohen de HerreraAbraham Cohen de Herrera also known as Alonso Nunez de Herrera or Abraham Irira was a religious philosopher and cabbalist. He is supposed by the historian Heinrich Graetz to have been born in 1570...
, religious philosopher and cabalist - Abraham Cohen (editor)Abraham Cohen (editor)Abraham Cohen was a Jewish-British scholar. He was the editor of the Soncino Books of the Bible and also participated in the Soncino translation of the Talmud and Midrash. He attended the University of London and Cambridge and was a minister of Birmingham Hebrew Congregation from 1933...
, rabbinical editor of the Soncino Books of the BibleSoncino Books of the BibleThe Soncino Books of the Bible is a set of Hebrew Bible commentaries, covering the whole Tanakh in fourteen volumes, published by the Soncino Press. The first volume to appear was Psalms in 1945, and the last was Chronicles in 1952. The series was edited by Rev. Dr...
See also
- Abraham Cohn (Medal of Honor)Abraham Cohn (Medal of Honor)Abraham Cohn was an American Civil War Union Army Sergeant Major and recipient to the highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia on May 6, 1864, and the Battle of the Crater, Petersburg,...