Alexandro Díez Macho (13 May 1916 in Villafría de la Peña,

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– 1984 in

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) was a Spanish Catholic priest and Hebraist. In 1951–52 he invited professor Alexander Sperber of New York to the

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to work with Spanish scholars on the manuscripts of the

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.Biographical article in Spanish
Punta Europa, Madrid, March 1956 no.3 pp 141-159

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