Background
Schapiro, Israel was born on December 5, 1882 in Sejny, Russia. Son of Tobiah Petachiah and Leah (Galanti) Schapiro.
Schapiro, Israel was born on December 5, 1882 in Sejny, Russia. Son of Tobiah Petachiah and Leah (Galanti) Schapiro.
Student university of Berlin and Strassburg, Doctor of Philosophy, Strassburg, 1906. Also at Hochschule für Wissenschaft des Judentums and Veitel-Heine-Ephraim’sche Beth-Hamidrasch, Berlin.
Professor of Jewish history and Hebrew literature, Bible and Talmud, Lehrer-Seminar, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1907-1910. Company-editor Harderor (Hebrew weekly), New York City, 1911. Chief division of Semitic literature, Library of Congress, Washington, 1913-1944, retired.
Professor Semitic langs, and literature, George Washington University, 1916-1927.
Member American library association, American Oriental Society, Society Biblical Literature and Exegesis, American Academy for Jewish Research.
Married Miriam Kirschberg, July 6, 1917 (died August 1942).