Meir Jacob Kister

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Meir Jacob Kister (Hebrew: מאיר יעקב קיסטר‎ 16 January 1914 in Mościska – 16 August 2010 in Jerusalem) was a Jewish Arabist from Poland who worked in Israel.[1]

Career

Kister went to school in

Shlomo Dov Goitein. In 1945–46 he worked as press secretary of the Polish embassy at Beirut. From 1946 to 1958 he taught Arabic at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.[1]

At the same time he continued his studies, achieving an M.A. in 1949 and completed his Ph.D. in 1964. Since 1958 he taught at the Hebrew University, where he was active since 1964 as senior lecturer and from 1970 until his retirement in 1983 as professor. He helped to establish the Arabic Departments in the universities of

Since 1975 he was a member of the

He is the father of

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "Prof. M. J. Kister's Biography". Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved Aug 29, 2016.

Sources

External links

  • Website at Hebrew University of Jerusalem dedicated to Kister's work