Shalom Spiegel

SHALOM SPIEGEL held the William Prager Professorship of Medieval Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1944 until his retirement in 1973. His books include The Last Trial and Hebrew Reborn.

Spiegel was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983 and received an honorary doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1973. In 1996, the Seminary established the Shalom Spiegel Institute for Medieval Hebrew Literature in his honor.

Spiegel was born in Bukovina, Romania, received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, and taught in Palestine before settling in New York City. He served as professor and librarian at the Jewish Institute of Religion and published studies on Hosea, Amos, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Job.

Shalom Spiegel’s books are published by Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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