Joshua Blau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Joshua Blau

Israeli linguist of Semitic languages

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1919

Place of Birth: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County

Profession: orientalist, linguist

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Joshua Blau (Hebrew: ????? ???? , born September 22, 1919 Cluj, Romania) is an Israeli scholar of Arabic language and literature, currently Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Blau was elected as a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1968.
Blau was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1983.
He has published a number of books and articles on the Arabic and Hebrew languages, and the Semitic languages generally, in Hebrew and English (and occasionally in German).