The founder of UW-Madison's Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies died of cancer Sunday at 90.
Professor Menahem Mansoor retired officially in 1982 but continued lecturing and writing until his death.
His achievements include a 7,300-page documentary study of diplomacy and politics in the Arab world from 1900 to 1967, as well as a series of articles on pre-Christian and first-century Jewish sects for the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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A native of Port Said, Egypt, Mansoor moved to the United States in 1953. Before coming to UW-Madison, he served as a research scholar at Yale, Princeton and Johns Hopkins universities.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Dr.
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