Norman Golb

Background

Golb, Norman was born on January 15, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Rose Golb.

Education

Norman Golb got a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Roosevelt University, Chicago (1948). In 1948 he became Bachelor of Hebrew Literature in College of Jewish Studies. In 1954 he got a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Then he was a Research Fellow in Dropsie College (1954-1955) and in Hebrew University Jerusalem (1955-1957).

Career

Norman Golb was Ludwig Rosenberger Professor of Jewish History and Civilization & Professor of Hebrew & Judaeo-Arabic Studies, University of Chicago. He joined the faculty of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati in 1958 before settling at the University of Chicago, where he has worked since 1963. Golb has also been a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin (1957-1958), Harvard University (1966), and Tel Aviv University (1969-1970). In the 1990s, Golb was an advocate for the freeing of the Scrolls for general scholarly studies.

Golb was also the discoverer, in 1962, of the Kievan Letter, the earliest document attesting to Jewish habitation of Kiev.

He also identified Obadiah the Proselyte as the author of the oldest known manuscript of Hebrew music (12th century), the earliest extant legal record of the Jews of Sicily, a new document dealing with the First Crusade and new manuscript materials relating to the Jews of Rouen.

Achievements

• Norman Golb has been listed as a notable historian, writer by Marquis Who's Who. Published 4 books and many articles.

Works

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  • The Jews in Medieval Normandy: A Social and Intellectual History

    (This is the first comprehensive account, based on manuscr...)

  • Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? (The Search for the Secret of Qumran)

    (Theorizing that the Dead Sea Scrolls were written by Jews...)

  • Les Juifs de Rouen au Moyen Age: Portrait d'une culture oubliee (Publications de l'Universite de Rouen) (French Edition) 1984
  • Spertus College of Judaica Yemenite Manuscripts: An Illustrated Catalogue 1972

  • Toledot hayehudim be'ir rouen bimé habenayim

    1976
  • Khazarian Hebrew documents of the tenth century 1982

Membership

Honorary president International Conference on LIfe and Music of Obadiah the Proselyte (12th Century), Oppido Lucano, Italy, 2004. Member of Clare Hall, University Cambridge (life), Ordre des Canardiers (founder, Chicago branch 1992), International Society of Judaeo-Arabic Studies (founder 1983), Union League Club of Chicago (chairman and organization of Embassy to France program 1997-1998, public affairs committee since 1999, chairman and organization of Embassy to Mexico program 2004).

• International Conference on LIfe and Music of Obadiah the Proselyte , Italy

  2004

• Clare Hall, University Cambridge , United Kingdom

• Ordre des Canardiers , United States

  1992

• International Society of Judaeo-Arabic Studies

  1983

• Union League Club of Chicago , United States

  1997 - 2004

Interests

• Bicycling, tennis, music, poetry.

Connections

He was married Ruth Magid (September 17, 1949). Children: Joel David, Judith Hadassah, Raphael Haim.

Father:

Joseph Golb

Mother:

Rose Golb

Spouse:

Ruth Magid

child:

Judith Hadassah

child:

Joel David

child:

Raphael Haim