SettingsHistorians of Jews and Judaism
Abraham Schalit
Abraham Haim Schalit (Hebrew: אברהם שליט) (born 1898, died 1979) was an Israeli historian and a scholar of the Second Temple period.
Abraham Haim Schalit (Hebrew: אברהם שליט) (born 1898, died 1979) was an Israeli historian and a scholar of the Second Temple period.
Albert Augustus Isaacs
Albert Augustus Isaacs was a 19th century historian and anthropologist, specializing in the history of the Jews and Arabs in the Middle East.
Albert Augustus Isaacs was a 19th century historian and anthropologist, specializing in the history of the Jews and Arabs in the Middle East.
Alexander Marx
Alexander Marx (1878–1953) was an American historian, bibliographer and librarian.
Alexander Marx (1878–1953) was an American historian, bibliographer and librarian.
Amos Elon
Amos Elon was an Israeli journalist and author.
Amos Elon was an Israeli journalist and author.
Andreas Gotzmann
Andreas Gotzmann is a German historian of Judaism and scholar of religion.
Andreas Gotzmann is a German historian of Judaism and scholar of religion.
Arthur Hertzberg
Arthur Hertzberg (June 9, 1921 – April 17, 2006) was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.
Arthur Hertzberg (June 9, 1921 – April 17, 2006) was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.
Ben-Zion Dinur
Ben-Zion Dinur (בן ציון דינור, born Ben-Zion Dinaburg on 2 January 1884, died 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician.
Ben-Zion Dinur (בן ציון דינור, born Ben-Zion Dinaburg on 2 January 1884, died 8 July 1973) was a Zionist activist, educator, historian and Israeli politician.
Berel Wein
Berel Wein is an American-born Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer, and writer.
Berel Wein is an American-born Orthodox rabbi, scholar, lecturer, and writer.
Daniel Boyarin
Daniel Boyarin is a historian of religion.
Daniel Boyarin is a historian of religion.
David Desser
David Desser is emeritus professor of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and former director of that university's Unit for Cinema Studies.
David Desser is emeritus professor of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and former director of that university's Unit for Cinema Studies.
David Novak
David Novak is a Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law.
David Novak is a Jewish theologian, ethicist, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and law.
Eva Gabriele Reichmann
Eva Gabriele Reichmann (January 16, 1897 – September 15, 1998) was an eminent German historian and sociologist.
Eva Gabriele Reichmann (January 16, 1897 – September 15, 1998) was an eminent German historian and sociologist.
Francisco Cantera Burgos
Don Francisco Cantera Burgos (Miranda de Ebro, 1901 - Madrid, 1978) is a Spanish historian.
Don Francisco Cantera Burgos (Miranda de Ebro, 1901 - Madrid, 1978) is a Spanish historian.
Gedaliah Alon
Gedaliah Alon was a distinguished Israeli historian.
Gedaliah Alon was a distinguished Israeli historian.
Geoffrey Alderman
Geoffrey Alderman is a British historian, especially of the Jewish community in England in the 19th and 20th centuries, and also an academic, political adviser and award-winning journalist.
Geoffrey Alderman is a British historian, especially of the Jewish community in England in the 19th and 20th centuries, and also an academic, political adviser and award-winning journalist.
Gershom Scholem
Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem, was a German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian, born and raised in Ge...
Gerhard Scholem who, after his immigration from Germany to Palestine, changed his name to Gershom Scholem, was a German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian, born and raised in Ge...
Gotthard Deutsch
Gotthard Deutsch (31 January 1859 – 14 October 1921), also spelled Gottard Deutsch, was a scholar of Jewish history.
Gotthard Deutsch (31 January 1859 – 14 October 1921), also spelled Gottard Deutsch, was a scholar of Jewish history.
Hasia Diner
Hasia Diner is an American historian.
Hasia Diner is an American historian.
Henric Sanielevici
Henric Sanielevici, was a Romanian journalist and literary critic, also remembered for his work in anthropology, ethnography, sociology and zoology.
Henric Sanielevici, was a Romanian journalist and literary critic, also remembered for his work in anthropology, ethnography, sociology and zoology.
Henry Abramson
Henry (Hillel) Abramson is the Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Services at Touro College's Miami branch (Touro College South).
Henry (Hillel) Abramson is the Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Services at Touro College's Miami branch (Touro College South).
Howard Sachar
Howard Morley Sachar (born February 10, 1928) is an American historian.
Howard Morley Sachar (born February 10, 1928) is an American historian.
Isaiah Gafni
Isaiah Gafni (born 1944), historian of Judaism in the Second Temple and Talmudic periods.
Isaiah Gafni (born 1944), historian of Judaism in the Second Temple and Talmudic periods.
Israel Bartal
Israel Bartal, born October 22, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel, is Avraham Harman Professor of Jewish History, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University (2006-2010).
Israel Bartal, born October 22, 1946 in Tel Aviv, Israel, is Avraham Harman Professor of Jewish History, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Hebrew University (2006-2010).
Israel Knohl
Israel Knohl (Hebrew: ישראל קנוהל) is the Yehezkel Kaufmann Chair of Biblical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Senior Fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Israel Knohl (Hebrew: ישראל קנוהל) is the Yehezkel Kaufmann Chair of Biblical studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Senior Fellow at Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
Jacob Taubes
Jacob Taubes was a sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism.
Jacob Taubes was a sociologist of religion, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism.
Jay R. Berkovitz
Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jay R. Berkovitz is Professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
John Bigland
John Bigland was an English schoolmaster and author.
John Bigland was an English schoolmaster and author.
Jonathan Kirsch
Jonathan Kirsch is a Biblical scholar, an attorney, and columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
Jonathan Kirsch is a Biblical scholar, an attorney, and columnist for the Los Angeles Times.
Jonathan Sarna
Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and the director of the Hor...
Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and the director of the Hor...
Joseph Klausner
Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), (Hebrew: יוסף גדליה קלוזנר), was a Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature.
Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), (Hebrew: יוסף גדליה קלוזנר), was a Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature.
Lenni Brenner
Lenni Brenner (born 1937) is an American Marxist Trotskyist writer.
Lenni Brenner (born 1937) is an American Marxist Trotskyist writer.
Lucy Dawidowicz
Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz was an American historian and an author of books on modern Jewish history, in particular books on the Holocaust.
Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz was an American historian and an author of books on modern Jewish history, in particular books on the Holocaust.
Mark Raider
Mark Raider is an American historian.
Mark Raider is an American historian.
Max Dimont
Max I. Dimont (born Max Isaac Dimont) (August 12, 1912–March 1992) was a Finnish American historian and author.
Max I. Dimont (born Max Isaac Dimont) (August 12, 1912–March 1992) was a Finnish American historian and author.
Melita Švob
Melita Švob (born 17 July 1931 in Zagreb, former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Croatia) is a known and recognized Croatian Jewish biologist, scientist and historian.
Melita Švob (born 17 July 1931 in Zagreb, former Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now Croatia) is a known and recognized Croatian Jewish biologist, scientist and historian.
Michael Stanislawski
Michael F. Stanislawski (born 1952) is the Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University.
Michael F. Stanislawski (born 1952) is the Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University.
Moses Rischin
Moses Rischin (born 1925) is a United States Jewish historian, author, lecturer, editor, and Emeritus Professor of History at San Francisco State University.
Moses Rischin (born 1925) is a United States Jewish historian, author, lecturer, editor, and Emeritus Professor of History at San Francisco State University.
Márkus Horovitz
Markus Horovitz (Horovitz Márkus, March 14, 1844 – 1919) was a Hungarian rabbi and historian.
Markus Horovitz (Horovitz Márkus, March 14, 1844 – 1919) was a Hungarian rabbi and historian.
Oto Luthar
Oto Luthar (born 11 August 1959) is a Slovenian historian.
Oto Luthar (born 11 August 1959) is a Slovenian historian.
Paul Winter (author)
Paul Winter, according to the 1974 reprint of his classic 1961 work On the Trial Of Jesus, was born in 1904 in Moravia, became a successful barrister in Czechoslovakia, fled in 1939 due to t...
Paul Winter, according to the 1974 reprint of his classic 1961 work On the Trial Of Jesus, was born in 1904 in Moravia, became a successful barrister in Czechoslovakia, fled in 1939 due to t...
Rafael Medoff
Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which is based in Washington, D.C. and focuses on issues related to America's response to the Holocaust.
Rafael Medoff is founding director of The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, which is based in Washington, D.C. and focuses on issues related to America's response to the Holocaust.
Rena Molho (historian)
Dr. Rena Molho studied European history at the The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Aristotele University of Thessaloniki and received her Ph.D with distinctions from the the University of St...
Dr. Rena Molho studied European history at the The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Aristotele University of Thessaloniki and received her Ph.D with distinctions from the the University of St...
S. Ilan Troen
Selwyn Ilan Troen is an Israeli scholar.
Selwyn Ilan Troen is an Israeli scholar.
Salo Wittmayer Baron
Salo Wittmayer Baron (May 26, 1895 - November 25, 1989) was an American historian of Polish-Austrian Jewish ancestry and the most noted historian of the Jews of his generation.
Salo Wittmayer Baron (May 26, 1895 - November 25, 1989) was an American historian of Polish-Austrian Jewish ancestry and the most noted historian of the Jews of his generation.
Shelomo Dov Goitein
Shelomo Dov Goitein (April 3, 1900 — February 6, 1985) was a German-Jewish ethnographer, historian and Arabist known for his research on Jewish life in the Islamic Middle Ages.
Shelomo Dov Goitein (April 3, 1900 — February 6, 1985) was a German-Jewish ethnographer, historian and Arabist known for his research on Jewish life in the Islamic Middle Ages.
Shlomo Sand
Shlomo Sand (pronounced Zand; שלמה זנד) (born 10 September 1946 in Linz, Austria) is professor of history at Tel Aviv University and author of the controversial book The Invention of the J...
Shlomo Sand (pronounced Zand; שלמה זנד) (born 10 September 1946 in Linz, Austria) is professor of history at Tel Aviv University and author of the controversial book The Invention of the J...
Simon Dubnow
Simon Dubnow (alternatively spelled Dubnov, Семён Маркович Дубнов/Semyon Markovich Dubnov; שמעון דובנאָװ Shimen Dubnov; September 10, 1860 – December 8, 1941) was a Jewish hist...
Simon Dubnow (alternatively spelled Dubnov, Семён Маркович Дубнов/Semyon Markovich Dubnov; שמעון דובנאָװ Shimen Dubnov; September 10, 1860 – December 8, 1941) was a Jewish hist...
Steven Fine
Steven Fine, historian of Judaism in the Greco-Roman World, is professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York, director of Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and co-ed...
Steven Fine, historian of Judaism in the Greco-Roman World, is professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University in New York, director of Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and co-ed...
Tudor Parfitt
Tudor Parfitt is a Welsh Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he was the founding director of the Centre for Je...
Tudor Parfitt is a Welsh Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where he was the founding director of the Centre for Je...
Victor Tcherikover
Victor Tcherikover (1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.
Victor Tcherikover (1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.
Yakov M. Rabkin
Yakov M. Rabkin is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal, author and public intellectual.
Yakov M. Rabkin is a professor of history at the Université de Montréal, author and public intellectual.
Yehezkel Kaufmann
Yehezkel Kaufmann (Hebrew: יחזקאל קויפמן) (born 1889; died 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with Hebrew University.
Yehezkel Kaufmann (Hebrew: יחזקאל קויפמן) (born 1889; died 1963) was an Israeli philosopher and Biblical scholar associated with Hebrew University.
Yitzhak Baer
Yitzhak Baer was German-Israeli historian and an expert in medieval Spanish Jewish history.
Yitzhak Baer was German-Israeli historian and an expert in medieval Spanish Jewish history.
Yosef Goldman
Yosef Goldman (born 1942) is a scholar of American Jewish history and the author of the two-volume reference work, Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography ...
Yosef Goldman (born 1942) is a scholar of American Jewish history and the author of the two-volume reference work, Hebrew Printing in America 1735-1926: A History and Annotated Bibliography ...
Zosa Szajkowski
Zosa Szajkowski (born Yehoshua or Shayke Frydman) (10 January 1911, Poland-1978) is a Jewish French-American historian born in Poland, whose work is important in Jewish Histori...
Zosa Szajkowski (born Yehoshua or Shayke Frydman) (10 January 1911, Poland-1978) is a Jewish French-American historian born in Poland, whose work is important in Jewish Histori...