Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai
Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai (
Bible scholar, author, and linguist instrumental in the revival of the Hebrew language as a modern, spoken language. Tur-Sinai was the first president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language[1] and founder of its Historical Dictionary Project.[2]
Biography
Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai was born Harry Torczyner in
Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv. He settled in Palestine in 1933. He was professor of Semitic languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
.
He and
philologists. Tur-Sinai's nephew, Jacques Torczyner, is a former president of the Zionist Organization of America
.
Awards
- In 1940, Tur-Sinai was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.[3]
- In 1956, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[4]
- In 1967, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award, the year of the award's inauguration.[5]
Published works
Of his many books, those translated into
Tanakh from Hebrew into German. Of the Hebrew dictionary project begun by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (Dictionary of the Ancient and Modern Hebrew Language, Ben-Yehuda Dictionary), volumes 10-16 as well as the prolegomenon volume (המבוא הגדול) "were edited, updated, and completed" by Tur-Sinai, with the assistance of Dov Jarden, Meir Medan, and others.[6] The sixteenth and final volume was released in 1958, 50 years after Ben Yehuda's first volume was published.[6]
References
- ^ Wigoder, G., ed., New Encyclopedia of Zionism and Israel II at p. 1292(1994)
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language, "האקדמיה ללשון העברית". Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1955 (in Hebrew)".
- ^ "Recipients of Yakir Yerushalayim award (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-17. City of Jerusalem official web site
- ^ a b Brisman, Shimeon. A history and guide to Judaic dictionaries and concordances, Volume 3, Part 1, p. 84.
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