Joseph M. Baumgarten

Background

Joseph M. Baumgarten was born on September 7, 1928, in Vienna, Wien, Austria.

Education

Joseph M. Baumgarten immigrated to the United States with his family in 1939 as a result of the Anschluss, Germany's occupation of Austria in 1938. In 1950, he has ordained a rabbi at Mesivta Torah Vodaath, a prominent Brooklyn yeshiva.

Joseph M. Baumgarten started his studies in the field of mathematics with a Bachelor of Arts cum Laude from Brooklyn College. It was a chance meeting at Johns Hopkins with William Foxwell Albright that caused him to change direction, eventually being awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Semitic studies in 1954.

Career

From 1952 to 1957 Joseph M. Baumgarten remained at Johns Hopkins teaching Aramaic. In 1953 he began his long association with Baltimore Hebrew College. He also took on the role of the rabbi to the Bnai Jacob Congregation in 1959.

Joseph M. Baumgarten served as visiting professor at Towson State College (now Towson University, the University of Maryland) and the University of the Negev (now Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) in Israel. He was also in residence at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1990 and again in 2001. He was a fellow at the Annenberg Institute (now the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia in 1992-1993.

Works

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  • Qumran Cave 4 Vol. XIII : The Damascus Document (4Q266–273) 1997
  • Qumran Cave 4 Vol. XXXV : Halakhic Texts 2000
  • Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls 2005

Membership

Throughout his life, Joseph M. Baumgarten was a member of the Rabbinical Council of America, a major organization of Orthodox rabbis.

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  Phi Beta Kappa , United States

  June, 1950

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  Yeshiva Torah Vodaas , United States

  1950

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  Rabbinical Council of America , United States

  1950

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  Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies , United States

  1992 - 1993

Connections

Joseph M. Baumgarten married Naomi Rosenberg in 1953.

Spouse:

Naomi Rosenberg

child:

Menachem Baumgarten

child:

Shraga Baumgarten

child:

Rachel Neuberger

child:

Judy Silverman

child:

Devora Friedman

child:

Mindi Hauer

Collegue :

Jonas Greenfield