Claude Montefiore
British Jewish religious leader and scholar (1858–1938) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore [1] (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and Anglo-Jewish socio-politics, and educator. Montefiore was President of the Anglo-Jewish Association and an influential anti-Zionist leader, who co-founded the anti-Zionist League of British Jews in 1917.
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Claude Montefiore | |
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Born | 1858 |
Died | 1938 (aged 79–80) |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Scholar |
Spouse | Florence Fyfe Brereton Ward |
Parent | Nathaniel Montefiore |
Relatives | Sir Moses Montefiore (paternal great-uncle) |
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