Hanoch Yelon (Hebrew: חנוך ילון) (born 1886; died 18 January 1970) was an Israeli linguist and leading Talmudic researcher.
Hanoch Yelon חנוך ילון | |
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| Born | 1886 Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) |
| Died | January 18, 1970 (aged 83 or 84) Israel |
| Occupation | historian |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Notable awards | Israel Prize (1962) |
Biography
editYelon was born in 1886 in a small village in Galicia, then part of Austria-Hungary (later part of Poland and now in Ukraine).
Following the end of World War I, he moved to Vienna and in 1921, he emigrated to Mandate Palestine, living in Jerusalem.
Yelon, an expert in Mishnaic Hebrew and grammar, vocalized the text in Hanoch Albeck's edition of the Mishnah.[1]
Awards
edit- In 1962, Yelon was awarded the Israel Prize for Jewish studies.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yalon (originally Distenfeld), Hanoch," in Encyclopaedia Judaica 2nd. ed., eds. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik (Macmillan Reference USA, 2007), 21:276-277.
- ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1962 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
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