- Judah Segal
Judah Benzion Segal MC, FBA, often known as Ben (
21 June 1912 -23 October 2003 ,Edgware ,Middlesex ) was Professor ofSemitic Languages at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies .His father was Professor
Moses Segal and his brother was the doctor and Labour Party politician Samuel Segal. He had two daughters; one is Prof.Naomi Segal .Education
* Magdalen College School, Oxford
*St. Catharine's College, Cambridge . Jarrett Scholar, 1932; John Stewart of Rannoch Scholar in Hebrew, 1933; 1st Class Oriental Langs Tripos, 1935; Tyrwhitt Scholar and Mason Prizeman, 1936. BA (Cambridge), 1935, MA 1938; DPhil (Oxford) 1939.
* Colours, Cambridge University Boxing Club, 1935, 1936.Career
* Mansel Research Exhibitioner,
St. John's College, Oxford , 1936-39; James Mew Scholar, 1937.
* Deputy Assistant Director, Public Security,Sudan Government, 1939-41
* Served inWorld War II , GHQ, MEF, 1942-44, Captain; Education Officer, British Military Administration, Tripolitania, 1945-46. He was awarded aMilitary Cross in 1942.
* School of Oriental and African Studies from 1946; Head of Department of Near and Middle East, 1961-68; Professor 1961-79, thenEmeritus Professor ; Honorary Fellow 1983.
* Visiting Lecturer,Ain Shams University ,Cairo , 1979
* Research Fellow,Hebrew University ,Jerusalem , 1980
* Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship, South India, 1981Involvement in Jewish community
* Principal,
Leo Baeck College , 1982-85; President, 1985-2003
* Member,Council of Christians and Jews
* President: North Western Reform Synagogue
* President: British Association for Jewish Studies, 1980
* Vice-President, Reform Synagogues of Great Britain, 1985-91Honours
* Fellow of the
British Academy , 1968
* Freedom, City of Urfa, Turkey, 1973Publications
* The Diacritical Point and the Accents in Syriac, 1953
* The Hebrew Passover, 1963
* Edessa, 1970
* Aramaic Texts From North Saqqara, 1983
* A History of the Jews of Cochin, 1993
* Aramaic and Mandaic Incantation Bowls in the British Museum, 2000
* Whisper Awhile, 2000
* Articles in learned periodicals.
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