# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ezra-zion-melamed
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:39:52.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ezra-zion-melamed"
name: "Ezra Zion Melamed"
slug: "ezra-zion-melamed"
description: "Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language. He was born in Shiraz, Persia in 1903. He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature. He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position."
tagline: "Talmudic scholar"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1903-11-22"
deathDate: "1994-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.058823529411764
  historical:           4.405292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ezra Zion Melamed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Melamed"
    title: "Ezra Melamed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Zion_Melamed"
    title: "Ezra Zion Melamed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%90_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%93"
    title: "עזרא ציון מלמד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Zion_Melamed"
    title: "Ezra Zion Melamed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2908206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump