H-Judaic is greatly saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Joshua Blau (1919-2020), emeritus professor of Arabic language and literature at the Hebrew University, past President of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, winner of the Israel Prize, the Ben Zvi Prize and the Rothschild Prize, member of Israel's Academy of Arts and Sciences, and one of the world;s foremost scholars of Arabic, Judeo-Arabic and Semitic languages. Among many other things, Prof. Blau authored an essential collection of Maimonides responsa. [...]I posted congratulations to Professor Blau on his 99th birthday a couple of years ago, with emphasis on his foundational work on Judeo-Arabic. May his memory be for a blessing.
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