# Boaz Cohen

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**Boaz Cohen** (1899–1968) was a leading American scholar of [Talmud](/source/Talmud), a legal decisor ([posek](/source/Posek)), and a professor at the [Jewish Theological Seminary of America](/source/Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America).

## Biography

Cohen was born and educated in [Bridgeport, Connecticut](/source/Bridgeport,_Connecticut). He was ordained as a [rabbi](/source/Rabbi) at the [Jewish Theological Seminary of America](/source/Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America) (JTS) in 1924. Following his ordination, he was appointed Assistant Librarian of JTS. In 1925, he was appointed an instructor of [Talmud](/source/Talmud), and went on to serve on the JTS faculty for four decades. In 1927, he received his Ph.D. from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University).[1] During his career he published extensively on the Talmud and [Jewish law](/source/Jewish_law), while also authoring many comparative studies between Jewish law and other legal systems. Many of those studies were published in a collection titled *Jewish and Roman Law* (New York, 1966).

Cohen also served as chair of the [Committee on Jewish Law](/source/Committee_on_Jewish_Law_and_Standards) of the [Rabbinical Assembly](/source/Rabbinical_Assembly), and he issued thousands of legal rulings.[2]

## References

1. "Boaz Cohen (1899-1968)," by Elias J. Bickerman and Edward M. Gershfield, *Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research,* Vol. 37, (1969), pp. xxix

1. "Boaz Cohen (1899-1968)," by Elias J. Bickerman and Edward M. Gershfield, *Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research,* Vol. 37, (1969), pp. xxxi

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