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Alexander Sperber (15 September 1897 in Chernivtsi – 15 July 1970 in Tel Gannim, Israel) was a Hebraist and Targumist. Sperber studied at the University of Vienna, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin. He received the PhD at the University of Bonn. He is best known for his work on the Aramaic Targums to the Hebrew Bible, especially the multi-volume work The Bible in Aramaic, and his work on Biblical Hebrew Language. Sperber was a Fellow of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Visiting Professor at Dropsie College and also at the Jewish Theological Seminary where he continued on as Lecturer and Research Fellow.

Books

 * The Bible in Aramaic = Kitve ha-kodesh be-aramit, based on old manuscripts and printed texts. Brill, Leiden. 1959-73.
 * The Pre-Masoretic Bible. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. 1956-59.
 * A Grammar of Masoretic Hebrew. Munksgaard, Copenhagen. 1959.
 * A Historical Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, A Presentation of Problems with Suggestions to Their Solution. Brill, Leiden. 1966.