Moshe Bar-Asher
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Professor Moshe Bar-Asher משה בר-אשר |
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Moshe Bar-Asher
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June 29, 1939 Morocco |
| Residence | Israel |
| Occupation | Linguist |
| Known for | President of the Academy of the Hebrew Language |
Moshe Bar-Asher (Hebrew: משה בר-אשר; born 1939, Ksar es Souk, Morocco) is an Israeli linguist and the president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem.
Bar-Asher was born in Ksar es Souk (modern Errachidia), Morocco, in 1939. He immigrated to Israel in 1951 when he was twelve years old.
Bar-Asher received his Ph.D from the Hebrew University in 1976. Between 1981 and 1983 he was chair of the university's Department of the Hebrew Language, and from 1983 to 1986 chair of the university's Institute for Jewish Studies. In 1987 he became vice president of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, of which he was appointed president in 1993.
Bar-Asher's scholarship has mainly been focused on three areas: Rabbinic Hebrew, Palestinian Syriac and Jewish languages.
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