Albert Baumgarten
Biographic Data
| ID | 8995818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Baumgarten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Baumgarten |
| SIGNATURE | BAUMGARTEN A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education
Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education: the scholar's enclave in unrest." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 15(2), pp. 335–336
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
Albert Baumgarten presents the biography of one of the most distinguished historians of the Jews in antiquity that demonstrates the important connections between his scholarship, life, and times. The events of the twentieth century provide the context for the analysis of Bickermans scholarly production.
Halakhah in Light of Epigraphy
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
This biography of Elias Bickerman (1897-1981), one of the foremost historians of Graeco-Roman antiquity active in the twentieth century, focuses on his role as a historian of the Jews. Bickerman had an extraordinary life. He was born in Kishinev and grew up in St. Petersburg. He arrived in Berlin in 1922, where he pursued an academic career (Doctorate, 1926; Habilitation, 1930). With the rise of the Nazis, he moved to Paris in 1933, then to the U…
But Touch the Law and the Sect Will Split
My intention in this paper is to take issue with a view widely held among scholars in the field, an opinion I shared in the past but that I have also questioned and ultimately come to reject. To set the stage for accomplishing this goal let me begin with a definition of a historian offered by my late teacher, Professor Elias Bickerman. He called a historian a "digger in texts." The comparison to an archeologist, who digs in the ground, is enlight…
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But Touch the Law and the Sect Will Split
My intention in this paper is to take issue with a view widely held among scholars in the field, an opinion I shared in the past but that I have also questioned and ultimately come to reject. To set the stage for accomplishing this goal let me begin with a definition of a historian offered by my late teacher, Professor Elias Bickerman. He called a historian a "digger in texts." The comparison to an archeologist, who digs in the ground, is enlight…
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
Albert Baumgarten presents the biography of one of the most distinguished historians of the Jews in antiquity that demonstrates the important connections between his scholarship, life, and times. The events of the twentieth century provide the context for the analysis of Bickermans scholarly production.
Halakhah in Light of Epigraphy
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
Elias Bickerman as a Historian of the Jews
This biography of Elias Bickerman (1897-1981), one of the foremost historians of Graeco-Roman antiquity active in the twentieth century, focuses on his role as a historian of the Jews. Bickerman had an extraordinary life. He was born in Kishinev and grew up in St. Petersburg. He arrived in Berlin in 1922, where he pursued an academic career (Doctorate, 1926; Habilitation, 1930). With the rise of the Nazis, he moved to Paris in 1933, then to the U…
Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education
Young Men in Israeli Haredi Yeshiva Education: the scholar's enclave in unrest." Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 15(2), pp. 335–336
History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Antiquity (2 works) · Judaism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Modern Age (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)