Background
Halper, Benzion was born on April 15, 1884 in Lithuania. Son of Abel Solomon and Miriam (Rosenbloom) Halper.
Halper, Benzion was born on April 15, 1884 in Lithuania. Son of Abel Solomon and Miriam (Rosenbloom) Halper.
Bachelor of Arts, 1st class honors, University of London, England., 1907, Master of Arts, with mark of distinction, 1909. 1st holder of Gilchrist scholarship in Arabic. In Egypt, under auspices University of London, 1910-1911.
Doctor of Philosophy, Dropsie College, Philadelphia, 1914.
Came to the United States, 1911, naturalized citizen, 1918. Custodian of manuscripts, Dropsie College, and associate professor Cognate Semitic languages Editor Jewish Publn. Society America, since 1916.
Author: Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature (2 volumes), 1921.
Descriptive Catalogue of Genizah Fragments, 1922. Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Married Lina Sacks, of London, England., June 2, 1908.