Education
University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
director editor lawyer official scholars
University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1887, and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1889. He also noted for his biblical and talmudic scholarship, and published numerous books on the subject, including The Jewish Law of Divorce According to Bible and Talmud (1896), Leading Cases in the Bible (1905). His most famous book, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1909), details the earliest history of Hebrew book printing, including the first complete edition of the Talmud published by Daniel Bomberg in the early sixteenth century.
Amram was among the earliest adherents of the Zionist movement.
He served as a director of the Federation of American Zionists, and as an editor of The Maccabean, the official publication of the Zionist Organization of America.