Joseph M. Baumgarten [SEP] place of birth
Joseph M. Baumgarten
Joseph M. Baumgarten (Vienna, September 7, 1928 – December 4, 2008) was a Semitic scholar known for his knowledge in the field of Jewish legal texts from biblical law to Mishnaic law and including the legal texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls. 
Baumgarten immigrated to the United States with his family in 1939 as a result of the Anschluss, Germany's occupation of Austria in 1938. In 1950, he was ordained a rabbi at Mesivta Torah Vodaath, a prominent Brooklyn yeshiva. He married Naomi
Baumgarten (surname)
Baumgarten is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714–1762), German philosopher
- Charles Frederick Baumgarten (1739–1840), German-born violinist and organist in London
- Fritz Baumgarten (1886–1961), German footballer
- Hermann Baumgarten (1825-1893), German historian and political publicist
- Konrad Baumgarten, hero of the Swiss liberation legend, character in the drama William Tell
- Joseph M. Baumgarten (1928–2008), rabbi and