Rabbi Ezra Zion Melamed (Hebrew: עזרא ציון מלמד, also ע"צ מלמד, November 22, 1903[1] – March 9, 1994[2]) was an Israeli biblical and Talmudic scholar, and lexicographer of Aramaic language.
[1] He was born in Shiraz, Persia in 1903.
[3] He won the 1987 Israel Prize for his work in Biblical interpretation and Rabbinical literature.
[4] He was the rabbi of the Persian Jewish community in Jerusalem, succeeding his father's position.
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