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Nina Ruth Davis Salaman

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Nina Ruth Davis Salaman · Civil Rights & Human Rights

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Nina Salaman was a well-regarded Hebraist, known especially for her translations of medieval Hebrew poetry, at a time when Jewish scholarship in Europe was a male preserve.

When

15 July 1877

Biography

Nina Ruth Davis Salaman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Nina Salaman was a well-regarded Hebraist, known especially for her translations of medieval Hebrew poetry, at a time when Jewish scholarship in Europe was a male preserve.

How & why

Nina Salaman was a well-regarded Hebraist, known especially for her translations of medieval Hebrew poetry, at a time when Jewish scholarship in Europe was a male preserve. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Todd M. Endelman, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Todd M. Endelman

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Nina Salaman was a well-regarded Hebraist, known especially for her translations of medieval Hebrew poetry, at a time when Jewish scholarship in Europe was a male preserve.

1877

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Todd M. Endelman