Christian David Ginsburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian David Ginsburg

Polish-British Bible scholar

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1831

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1914

Profession: translator, Bible translator

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Christian David Ginsburg (Hebrew: ???????? ??? ?????????, 25 December 1831 – 7 March 1914) was a Polish-born British Bible scholar and a student of the Masoretic tradition in Judaism. He was born to a Jewish family in Warsaw but converted to Christianity at the age of 15. Coming to England shortly after the completion of his education in the Rabbinic College at Warsaw, Ginsburg continued his study of the Hebrew Scriptures, with special attention to the Megillot.
The first result was a translation of the Song of Songs, with a historical and critical commentary, published in 1857.
A similar translation of Ecclesiastes, followed by treatises on the Karaites, the Essenes, and the Kabbala, kept the author prominently before biblical students while he was preparing the first sections of his magnum opus, the critical study of the Masorah.