Safrai, Shmuel (1919 - 2003)

Personal:

Born 1919, Warsaw; Ph.D. 1957, Hebrew Univ.; Lect. 1962; Sen. Lect. 1965; Assoc. Prof. 1969; Prof. 1978; Emeritus 1989.

Research Interests:

Daily life at the end of the Second Temple and in the Tannaic period. The Jewish background of early Christianity.

Recent Publications:

SAFRAI, S. Halakha to Moses from Sinai - History or theology? In: Meqarei Talmud (Talmudic Studies), vol.1, eds. Y. Sussmann and D. Rosenthal, Jerusalem, Magnes Press, 1990, pp.11-38 (in Hebrew).

KEDAR, B.Z., DOTHAN, T. and SAFRAI, S., ed. Commerce in Palestine Throughout the Ages. Studies. Jerusalem, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi, 1990, 337 pp. (in Hebrew).