Jonah Frankel

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Jonah Frankel,also spelled Yonah Frankel, Jonah Fraenkel (1928–2012) was an author,Hebrew literature professor andIsrael Prizelaureate.

Biography

Jonah Frankel was born inMunichin 1928 and emigrated to Israel in 1937 to escape theNazis.He was a Professor Emeritus of Aggadah and Midrash in the Department of Hebrew Literature at theHebrew Universityof Jerusalem. He has been described as "One of the most important scholars of the modern study of midrash"

He was also a scholar ofpiyyut,and he continued the project of theGoldschmidt-Fraenkel Machzor,started by his father-in-law, ProfessorDaniel Goldschmidt.

Published works

• Darkhei Ha-Aggadah VeHa-Midrash (The Ways of the Midrash and theAggadah), a two volume set, is an encyclopedic guide to the study of Midrash and Aggadah in broader Jewish culture.
• Time and its role in the aggadic story (Jewish civilization university series)

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Awards and honors

• In 1993, Jonah Frankel received theBialik Prizefor significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature.
• In 2000, Jonah Frankel won theIsrael Prizein Talmudic research, for his work on interpreting midrash and aggada.

External links

• Jonah Frankel Biography in Hebrew