- William Chomsky
William Chomsky (1896-1977) was an American scholar of Hebrew, born in
Ukraine , who was a professor atGratz College . He was made faculty president of Gratz in 1932, a position that he held for thirty seven years. He also taught atDropsie College , a graduate school of Jewish and Semitic studies. from 1955 until 1977. He was a renowned specialist of the history of the Hebrew grammatical tradition, before and afterDavid Kimhi (1160–1235). His obituary (New York Times, 22 July 1977) describes him as "one of the world's foremost Hebrew grammarians."He was married to Elsie Simonofsky; they had two sons, Noam and David.
elected bibliography
*Chomsky, William. "How the Study of Hebrew Grammar Began and Developed"," The Jewish Quarterly Review", New Ser., Vol. 35, No. 3. (Jan., 1945), pp. 281-301 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-6682%28194501%292%3A35%3A3%3C281%3AHTSOHG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D JStor]
* Chomsky, William, "How to teach Hebrew in the elementary grades," New York, The United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, XIV 295 p. 22 cm. 1946.
* Chomsky, William,"David Kimhi's Hebrew Grammar: (Mikhlol) Systematically Presented and Critically Annotated by William Chomsky" Bloch Pub Co, New York, Bloch for Dropsie College, XXXIV 427 p. 23 cm, 1952 (Available in paperback: 2001 edition: ISBN-13: 978-0819707192)
* Chomsky, William. "Hebrew: The Eternal Language" Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America , 1964,c1957. Other edition: June 1975, ISBN-13: 978-0827600775
External links
* OBITUARY [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E10FB345D167493C0AB178CD85F438785F9 New York Times]
* Link to an essay about his wife: [http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/pubs/Feinbergworkingpaper.pdf "ELSIE CHOMSKY: A Life in Jewish Education" (by Harriet Feinberg)]
* First chapter inside the electronic version of [http://cognet.mit.edu/library/books/chomsky/chomsky/1/index.html "Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent." (by Robert F. Barsky)]
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