RELIGION

Adin Steinsaltz

Talmudic scholar

One of Israel's most prolific and highly-regarded writers on Jewish philosophy and religious thought, Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz is a past winner of The Israel Prize, the highest honor bestowed by the Jewish state. Steinsaltz is also the first person since the medieval sage Rashi to have completed a full translation of and commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, and of the Bible (Tanakh) – a project he began in 1965 and completed in 2010. In 2018, Steinsaltz's landmark commentary on the entire Bible, from the Five Books of Moses through the Prophets and the Writings, is being published in a new English-Hebrew edition. Other honors received by Steinstaltz include Israel’s inaugural Israeli Presidential Award of Distinction and the French Order of Arts and Literature. (Photo: migdalworld.org.)