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Shmuel Safrai | |
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 Prof. Safrai, August 1993 | |
| Born | (1919-06-18)June 18, 1919 |
| Died | July 16, 2003(2003-07-16) (aged 84) |
| Nationality |  Israel |
| Children | Ze'ev SafraiChana Safrai |
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| Doctoral advisor | Gedaliah Alon |
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| Discipline | Jewish History |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Doctoral students | Yisrael FriedmanIsaiah Gafni |
Shmuel Safrai (Hebrew: שמואל ספראי) (June 18, 1919 – July 16, 2003)[1] wasProfessor Emeritus ofJewish History atHebrew University and laurate of theIsrael Prize for Land of Israel studies for 2002.[2]
Safrai born in 1919 inWarsaw,Poland, and immigrated to Land of Israel at the age of three (1922).[1] He lived in the Etz Chaim neighborhood of Jerusalem during his childhood and youth. He studied at theMerkaz HaRav Yeshiva for one year,[3] and at theMizrachiTeachers' Training College in Jerusalem for two years. From 1951 to 1955 he was a member ofKibbutzSde Eliyahu.
During the 1940s and 1950s, he pursued his studies at the Hebrew University, earning a doctorate in 1960 for his thesis, which focused onpilgrimage practices during theSecond Temple period.[4] By the late 1960s, Safrai was appointed as aprofessor at the Hebrew University, and in 1978, he achieved the rank offull professor. Since then, he has been actively engaged in teaching both within and outside the university, alongside his prolific contributions to scholarly literature through over eighty articles and twelve books.[5]
His son, Prof.Ze'ev Safrai, is a historian in the Department forIsrael Studies inBar Ilan University. His daughter, Prof.Hanna Safrai, was a researcher in the field ofChazal literature and a religious feminist activist.
In 1993,Yad Ben Zvi published a volume of studies in honor of Shmuel Safrai, titledJews and Judaism in the Second Temple, Mishna and Talmud Period. Edited byIsaiah Gafni,Menachem Stern, and Aharon Oppenheimer, the book features contributions from prominent scholars, includingDavid Flusser,Alon Goshen-Gottstein,Daniel Sperber,Uriel Rappaport and others.[6]
In 1986, Safrai received theJerusalem Prize.[7]
In 2002, he was awarded theIsrael Prize for Land of Israel studies.[2][8]
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