EPSTEIN, ISIDORE

(1894-1962)

   English rabbi and scholar. He was born in Lithuania and emigrated first to France and then (in 1911) to England. He served as rabbi in Middlesbrough from 1921 to 1928. In 1928 he began teaching Semitics at Jews College, and became principal there in 1948. His publications include Studies in the Communal Life of the Jews of Spain, as Reflected in the Responsa of Rabbi Solomon ben Adreth and Rabbi Simeon ben Zemach Duran, Faith of Judaism and Judaism. He also supervised the English translation of the Babylonian Talmud.