Blondheim received his Bachelor of Arts in 1906 and his Doctor of Philosophy in 1910 from Johns Hopkins University. Blondheim attended École des Hautes Études. Blondheim studied medieval Romance languages and researched medieval writings, particularly Hebraico-French texts, and is the author of many books about early translations of Jewish texts.
He carried on the research of Arsene Darmesteter into rabbinical glosses.He was also a skilled editors A substantial survey of Blondheim"s life and work appeared in Jewish Language Review (Haifa, Israel: Association for the Study of Jewish Languages), volunteer 6 (1986). This issue includes biographical materials assembled by David L. Gold, pp.
185-202.
The same issue includes an extensive bibliography.
