Jonah Frankel, also spelled Yonah Frankel, Jonah Fraenkel (1928–2012) was an author, ^[1] Hebrew literature professor and Israel Prize laureate.

Biography

Jonah Frankel was born in Munich in 1928 and emigrated to Israel in 1937 to escape the Nazis.^[2] He was a Professor Emeritus of Aggadah and Midrash in the Department of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[3] He has been described as "One of the most important scholars of the modern study of midrash" ^[4]

He was also a scholar of piyyut, and he continued the project of the Goldschmidt-Fraenkel Machzor, started by his father-in-law, Professor Daniel Goldschmidt [he].

Published works

• Darkhei Ha-Aggadah VeHa-Midrash (The Ways of the Midrash and the Aggadah), a two volume set, is an encyclopedic guide to the study of Midrash and Aggadah in broader Jewish culture. ^[5]
• Time and its role in the aggadic story (Jewish civilization university series)

Awards and honors

• In 1993, Jonah Frankel received the Bialik Prize for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature.
• In 2000, Jonah Frankel won the Israel Prize in Talmudic research, for his work on interpreting midrash and aggada. ^[6]