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Israel Abrahams (b. London
London

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, November 26 1858; d. Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, October 6 1925) was one of the most distinguished Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896).

He was educated at Jews' College
Jews' College

OriginsJews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had had the idea for such a venture as early as 1841....
, where his father Barnett Abrahams
Barnett Abrahams

Barnett Abrahams was the Principal of Jews' College.His father emigrated to England in 1839; his wife and son arrived in 1841, and two more sons were born in 1843 and 1844....
 served as principal, and at University College, London. In 1881, he received the degree of MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts is a Postgraduate education academic degree master degree awarded by University in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English language, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a combination of the two....
 from the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
. Abrahams taught secular subjects as well as homiletics
Homiletics

Homiletics , in theology the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. The one who practices or studies homiletics is called a homilist....
 at Jews' College, and was appointed senior tutor of that institution in 1900.






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Israel Abrahams (b. London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, November 26 1858; d. Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, October 6 1925) was one of the most distinguished Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism
Judaism

Judaism is a set of beliefs and practices originating in the Hebrew Bible , as later further explored and explained in the Talmud and other texts....
, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896).

He was educated at Jews' College
Jews' College

OriginsJews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had had the idea for such a venture as early as 1841....
, where his father Barnett Abrahams
Barnett Abrahams

Barnett Abrahams was the Principal of Jews' College.His father emigrated to England in 1839; his wife and son arrived in 1841, and two more sons were born in 1843 and 1844....
 served as principal, and at University College, London. In 1881, he received the degree of MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts is a Postgraduate education academic degree master degree awarded by University in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English language, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a combination of the two....
 from the University of London
University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
. Abrahams taught secular subjects as well as homiletics
Homiletics

Homiletics , in theology the application of the general principles of rhetoric to the specific department of public preaching. The one who practices or studies homiletics is called a homilist....
 at Jews' College, and was appointed senior tutor of that institution in 1900. He was a forceful lecturer and an earnest lay preacher. As honorary secretary of the Jewish Historical Society of England and as a member of the Committee for Training Jewish Teachers, he was very active. He was also a member of the Committee of the Anglo-Jewish Association, and of several other institutions of the community.

Abrahams collaborated with Claude Montefiore
Claude Montefiore

Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore was son of Nathaniel Montefiore, and the great nephew of Moses Haim Montefiore. Some identify him as a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics....
 to write the book Aspects of Judaism, which was published in 1895. His chief works were Jewish Life in the Middle Ages (1896) and Chapters on Jewish Literature (1898). In 1889, he became joint editor of the Jewish Quarterly Review
Jewish Quarterly Review

The Jewish Quarterly Review is the oldest English-language journal of Judaic scholarship, established in 1888 by Israel Abrahams and Claude G. Montefiore as an outgrowth of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement....
 and helped materially to raise the prestige of the publication. He was a prolific contributor to periodical literature, and was especially well known for his articles on literary subjects, which appeared weekly in the Jewish Chronicle under the title of "Books and Bookmen."

In 1902, after teaching for several years at Jews' College, Abrahams succeeded Solomon Schechter
Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter ?????? ???? ???? was a Moldavian-born Romanian and England rabbi, academic scholar, and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of the United States Conservative Judaism movement....
, who was moving to New York
New York City

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 to head the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, known in the Jewish community simply as JTS, is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism....
, as reader in Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
ics at Cambridge University
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
.

In 1914, he published A Companion to the Authorised Prayer Book, a helpful commentary on and supplement to the prayer book edited by Simeon Singer
Simeon Singer

Simeon Singer was a Jewish preacher, lecturer and public worker.He was born in London, and after a short stay at a Hungarian school, became a student at Jews' College, of which he was subsequently for a time the principal....
. Singer himself had intended to write such a work, but died before he had progressed very far. Revised editions appeared in 1922 and 1932.

In 1922 has was invited to deliver the Schweich Lecture
Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology

The Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology are a series of lectures delivered and published under the auspices of the British Academy. The Leopold Schweich Trust Fund, set up in 1907, was a gift from Miss Constance Schweich in memory of her father....
 of the British Academy
British Academy

The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established by Royal Charter in 1902, and is a fellowship of more than 800 scholars....
. The lectures were published under the title Campaigns in Palestine from Alexander the Great

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