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Norman Solomon

b. 1933

British Masorti rabbi

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Born 1933. Norman Solomon is a British rabbi, writer, researcher, university teacher, religious studies scholar and judaic scholar.

Biography Norman Solomon was born in Cardiff, South Wales in 1933 and attended Cardiff High School and St. John's College, Cambridge. He was also lecturer in Theology at the University of Oxford. He currently holds the position of Professor of Judaica at the Graduate Theological Foundation. A former Vice President of the World Congress of Faiths, a Patron of the International Interfaith Centre and an Adviser to the International Council of Christians and Jews, he has been actively involved in interfaith dialogue with Christians and Muslims. He has written five books and over seventy articles on a wide range of issues in the fields of Jewish studies and Jewish–Christian relations. He has also edited a number of volumes in these fields. His major works include his books Judaism and World Religion, The Analytic Movement: Hayyim Soloveitchik and His School, The Talmud: A Selection and Torah from Heaven.

Publications Judaism and World Religion (1991) (1991), "The Soloveitchik Line (On Interfaith Dialogue)," Dan Cohn-Sherbok (ed.), Problems in Contemporary Jewish Theology, pp. 225–240 The Analytic Movement: Hayyim Soloveitchik and His School (1993) A Very Short Introduction to Judaism (1996) Judaism: A Brief Insight (1996) Historical Dictionary of Judaism (1998) The Talmud: A Selection (2009) Torah from Heaven (2012) Making Sense of "God" (2023)

As co-editor Norman Solomon, Richard Harries, Timothy Winter (eds): Abraham's Children: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Conversation, pp 9–17, London and New York: T & T Clark (2005). (hardback); (paperback) Alexander Knapp and Norman Solomon (eds): Ernest Bloch Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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University of Manchester, St John's College
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University of Oxford

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Who is Norman Solomon?

British Masorti rabbi

When was Norman Solomon born?

Norman Solomon was born on 31 May 1933 in Cardiff.

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Norman Solomon is a rabbi, writer, researcher, university teacher, religious studies scholar and judaic scholar.

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Norman Solomon is British.

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· Wikipedia: Norman Solomon

· Wikidata: Q1999688

· DBpedia: Norman Solomon (rabbi)

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