Name

Scheiber Sándor

Original name

Main activity

Rabbi

Secondary activity

Judaist, historian of religion, philologist

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Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Budapest

Date of birth

1913

Place of death

Budapest

Date of death

1985

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Sándor Scheiber (1913-1985) was a Hungarian Rabbi and an eminent scholar. He was for decades the director (later rector) of the National Rabbinical Seminary of Budapest. He built a remarkable private scholarly library, parts of which were acquired by major Hungarian institutions after his death, including the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Library.

Entry author

Gyöngyi Oroszi