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Inventory of the Mayer I. Gruber Papers, 1810, 1954-2011
Inventory of the Mayer I. Gruber Papers, 1810, 1954-2011
Descriptive Summary
| Abstract: | Professional correspondence, autograph collection, certificates, and other papers of Mayer I. Gruber, rabbi and scholar. Materials pertain to Gruber's academic positions, speaking engagements, and publications on biblical lexicography, the Book of Job, women in the biblical world, and medieval Jewish biblical commentaries. |
| Title: | Mayer I. Gruber papers |
| Creator: | Gruber, Mayer I., 1944- |
| Date(s): | 1810, 1954-2011 |
| Extent: | 0.2 linear feet (1 slim document box) |
| Repository: | Jewish Heritage Collection, Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries 66 George Street Charleston, SC 29424 Phone: (843) 953-8016 Fax: (843) 953-6319 URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu |
| Call Number: | Mss 1095 |
| Language of Material: | Materials in English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, German, and Dutch |
Biographical Note
Mayer Irwin Gruber was born in 1944 to Rabbi David Samuel Gruber and Mathilde Nover Gruber of Schenectady, New York. In 1950, Gruber moved with his parents and brother Louis Nover Gruber to Columbia, South Carolina, where his father was rabbi of the Tree of Life Congregation, while his mother worked as a vocational rehabilitation instructor. After graduating from high school in 1961, Mayer attended Duke University where, four years later, he received his A.B. in history. He obtained his rabbinic ordination in 1970 from the Jewish Theological Seminary and in 1977 earned a Ph.D. in ancient Semitic languages and cultures from Columbia University. Gruber's scholarly research and publications deal primarily with biblical lexicography, the Book of Job, women in the biblical world, and medieval Jewish biblical commentaries.
Mayer Gruber served as assistant rabbi of Congregation Oheb Shalom in South Orange, New Jersey, from 1970 to 1972; and rabbi of Mikdosh El Hagro Hebrew Centre in Evanston, Illinois, from 1976 to 1980. During this ten-year span, he was also a faculty member at Spertus College of Judaica in Chicago. In 1980, Gruber joined the faculty at Ben-Gurion University of Negev in Beersheva, Israel. Since then he has held visiting scholar positions at the University of Chicago; Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand); the University of Melbourne; Brite Divinity School (Fort Worth, Texas); University of Manchester (UK); Lady Doak College (Madurai, India); and St. Kizito's Seminary (Dedza, Malawi).
In 2010, a Festschrift was published in Gruber's honor- Or LeMayer, edited by Shamir Yona.
Collection Overview
Professional correspondence, certificates, and other papers of Mayer I. Gruber, rabbi and scholar. Materials pertain to Gruber's academic positions, speaking engagements, and publications on biblical lexicography, the Book of Job, women in the biblical world, and medieval Jewish biblical commentaries. Also included is Gruber's autograph collection, which consists mostly of Jewish musicians' signatures.
Collection Arrangement
Materials are described at the folder level.
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.Names
- Gruber, Mayer I., 1944-
Subjects
- Jewish scholars--Correspondence
- Autographs
Types of Material
- Certificates
- Correspondence
- Signatures (names)
Inventory
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mayer I. Gruber papers, College of Charleston Libraries, Charleston, SC, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Materials were donated in 2007 and 2011 by Mayer I. Gruber.
Processing Information
Processed by Sarah Dorpinghaus, September 2011.
Encoded by Sarah Dorpinghaus, September 2011.
Funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources supported the processing of this collection and encoding of the finding aid.
