| AdminHistory | Rabbinic and Oriental scholar; born in Vilna, son of Israel Hayyim Daiches, rabbi, 1878; studied with his father and at the Berlin Rabbinical Seminary; rabbi in Sunderland; became lecturer in Bible, Talmud, and Midrash at Jews' College, London, 1908; took an active part in the work of B'nai B'rith, the Anglo-Jewish Association, the British Board of Deputies, the Jewish Agency, and Jewish relief organizations; Zionist; died 1949. Brother of Salis Daiches (1880-1945), rabbi and author. Publications include: 'Altbabylonische Rechtsurkunden' (1903); 'Talmudische und Midraschische Parallelen zum babylonischen Schoeffungsepos' (1903); 'Babylonia and Hebrew Literature' (1904); 'Balaam - A Babylonian Baru' (1909); 'Jews in Babylonia in the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah According to Babylonian Inscriptions' (1910); ;Babylonian Oil Magic' (1913); 'Study of the Talmud in Spain' (1921); 'Divorce in Jewish Law' (1926); 'Studies in Psalms' (1930). |