List of Jewish historians
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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of Jewish historians:
Main article: List of Jews.
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[edit] A
- David Abulafia, professor of history, University of Cambridge (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.218)
- Ignac Acsady, Hungarian social and economic historian.[1]
- Howard Adelson, U.S. mediaeval historian.[1]
- Cyrus Adler[2], U.S. historian of Jewish history.
- Geoffrey Alderman [3], historian
- Herbert Aptheker, leader in Communist Party, historian[4]
- Yehoshua Arieli, Israeli historian.[1]
- Walter Leonard Arnstein, U.S. historian.[1]
- Raymond Aron, French historian of sociology.[1]
- Robert Aron, French author and journalist.[1]
- David Asheri, Israeli classical historian.[1]
- Simon Ashkenazi, Polish modern European history.[1]
- David Ayalon, Israeli historian of Islam and Judaism.[1]
[edit] B
- Bernard Bailyn, U.S. Colonial historian.[1]
- Richard Barnett, museum curator and archaeologist (JYB 1985 p187)
- George Louis Beer, U.S. historian of 16th-19th century commerce.[1]
- Emile-Auguste Begin, French physician, historian and librarian.[1]
- Max Beloff, English historian and political scientist.[1]
- Joaquim Bensaude Portuguese historian of astronomy and navigation.[1]
- Norman Bentwich, British lawyer and historian [5]
- Israil Bercovici, Romanian playwright and historian [6]
- Jay Berkovitz, U.S. historian of Jews in France and early modern Europe
- Harry Bernstein, U.S. historian.[1]
- Elias Joseph Bickerman, U.S. scholar of ancient history.[1]
- Camille Bloch, French historian, archivist and librarian.[1]
- Gustave Bloch, French Graeco-Roman historian.[1]
- Marc Bloch, French historian of medieval France.[1]
- Herbert Bloch, German born Amrican classicist.
- Solomon Frank Bloom, U.S. historian of modern Europe.[1]
- Jerome Blum, U.S. historian.[1]
- Daniel Boorstin, U.S. historian; official historian at the Smithsonian Institution & the Library of Congress.[1],[7]
- Woodrow Wilson Borah, U.S. historian.[1]
- Ambrosio Brandao, Portuguese historian and soldier.[1]
- Harry Bresslau, German historian.[1]
- Berthold Bretholz, Moravian historian.[1]
- Jacob Bronowski, historian of science [11]
- Robert Brunschvig, French historian of Islam.[1]
- Max Buedinger, German modern European historian.[1]
[edit] C
- Norman Cantor, mediaeval historian.[1],[8]
- Achille Coen, Italian historian.[1]
- David Cohen, Dutch historian and Jewish leader.[1]
- Gustave Cohen, Belgian historian of mediaeval French literature and theatre.[1]
- Mark Cohen, American historian of the Jews under medieval Islam
- Robert Cohen, French historian of ancient Greece.[1]
- Michael Confino, Israeli historian.[1]
[edit] D
- Robert Davidsohn, German historian of mediaeval Florence.[9]
- Hermann Dessau, German historian and philologist.[9]
- Isaac Deutscher, Polish-born British Marxist historian and political scientist.[9]
- Max Dimont, Max I. Dimont was a Finnish-American Jew and a popular historian and author.
- Martin Duberman, U.S. historian and playwright.[9]
- Ariel Durant, American historian; author of The Story of Civilization.[10]
[edit] E
- Ludwig Edelstein, ancient medicine.
- Victor Ehrenberg, German historian of the ancient world.[9]
- Louis Eisenman, French historian of Europe.[9]
- Abraham Eisenstadt, U.S. historian.[9]
- Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton, German-born British historian of Tudor England.[9]
- Carlo Errera, Italian geographer and historian of exploration.[9]
- Richard Ettinghausen, German-born US art historian[11]
[edit] F
- Louis Filler, U.S. historian.[9]
- Sidney Fine, U.S. historian.[9]
- Samuel Finer, British political scientist and historian [12]
- Sir Moses I. Finley, Classical Historian.[13]
- Robert Fogel, American economic historian and nobel laureate [12]
- Heinrich Friedjung, Moravian historian and politician.[9]
- Saul Friedländer, Czech-born French-Israeli historian of the Holocaust.[9]
- Alexander Fuks, Israeli classical historian.[9]
[edit] G
- Peter Gay, German-born American historian of ideas.[9]
- Leo Gershoy, U.S. historian.[9]
- Felix Gilbert, U.S. political historian.[9]
- Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian. [13]</ref
- Carlo Ginzburg, Italian historian. -->
- Gustave Glotz, French ancient Greek historian.[9]
- Eric F. Goldman, U.S. modern historian.[9]
- Yosef Goldman, author of Hebrew Printing in America[14]
- Sir Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-born British art historian.[14]
- Martin Goodman (historian) (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
- Louis Reichental Gottschalk, U.S. historian of modern Europe.[9]
- Philip Guedalla, biographer [15]
- Hans G. Guterbock, german born hittitologist.
[edit] H
- Elie Halevy, French historian, "A History of the English People in the 19th century 1915-30".
- George W. F. Hallgarten, historian: "The German-Jewish historian, George Hallgarten" [15]
- Louis Halphen, French mediaevalist.[9]
- Theodore Stephen Hamerow, U.S. historian.[9]
- Marceli Handelsman, Polish constitutional and political historian.[9]
- Oscar Handlin, U.S. social historian.[9]
- Henry Harrisse, U.S. historiographer.[9]
- Ludo Moritz Hartmann, Austrian historian and statesman.[9]
- Henri Hauser, French ancient and mediaeval historian.[9]
- Sigmund Herzberg-Fraenkel, Austrian historian.[9]
- Jack H. Hexter, U.S. historian of modern Europe.[9]
- Uriel Heyd, Israeli historian of Islam.[9]
- Raul Hilberg, Austrian-born American Holocaust historian[16]
- Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian of Victorian Britain.[9]
- Heinrich Otto Hirschfield, German Roman historian.[9]
- Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-born British Marxist historian.[9]
- Richard Hofstadter, U.S. political historian.[9]
- Samuel Justin Hurwitz, U.S. historian.[17]
- Harold Melvin Hyman, U.S. historian.[17]
[edit] I
- Siegfried Isaacsohn, German historian.[17]
- Jonathan Israel, British historian (Jewish Year Book 2005, p.215)
[edit] J
- Joseph Jacobs [16], editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia
- Oscar Isaiah Janowsky, U.S. historian of modern Europe and Jews.[17]
- Lisa Jardine, British historian (ref see List of British Jews#Historians)
- Louis de Jong, Dutch historian and journalist.[17]
- Matthew Josephson, U.S. social historian.[17]
- Titus Flavius Josephus, Ancient Jewish Historian.
[edit] K
- Ernst Kantorowicz, German-born American mediaevalist.[17]
- Solomon Katz, U.S. historian.[17]
- Elie Kedourie, Iraq-born British historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
- Morton Keller, U.S. historian.[17]
- Dorothy King, British archaeologist and ancient historian
- James Klugmann, communist historian [18]
- Richard Koebner, Israeli German historian.[17]
- Hans Kohn, U.S. political and social historian.[17]
- Michael Kraus, U.S. historian.[17]
- Leonard Krieger, U.S. historian.[17]
- Hyman Kublin, U.S. historian of the far east.[17]
- Thomas Samuel Kuhn, U.S. historian of science.[17]
- Otto Kurz, historian (Jewish Year Book 1975 p214)
[edit] L
- Gyula Lanczy, Hungarian economic historian.[17]
- David Landes, U.S. economic historian.[17]
- Benno Landsberger, Austrian born assyriologist.
- Max Laserson, Latvian historian.[17]
- Sir Sidney Lee, second editor of the Dictionary of National Biography [17]
- Max Lerner, U.S. journalist and social historian.[17]
- Joseph Levenson, U.S. specialist in Chinese history.[17]
- Wilhelm Levison, German mediaevalist.[17]
- Yitzchak Levine, columnist
- Arthur Levy, French historian.[17]
- Leonard William Levy, U.S. political historian.[17]
- Paul Levy, French linguistic historian.[17]
- Bernard Lewis, British orientalist, History of Islam.[17][19]
- David Malcolm Lewis, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1995 p.193)
- Felix Liebermann, German mediaevalist.[17]
- Ephraim Lipson, British economic historian.[17]
- Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Holocaust historian[20]
- Victor Loewe, German historian and archivist.[21]
- Robert Sabatino Lopez, U.S. mediaevalist.[21]
- Sidney Low, British statesman, journalist and political historian.[21]
- Samuel Lozinski, Russian historian.[21]
- John Lukacs, Hungarian-US historian [18]
- Alberto Lumbroso, Italian historian of the Napoleonic period.[21]
- Giacomo Lumbroso, Italian classical historian and archaeologist.[21]
[edit] M
- Hyam Maccoby [19]
- Sir Philip Magnus-Allcroft, 2nd Baronet, biographer [22]
- Frank Manuel, U.S. historian.[21]
- Henrik Marczali, Hungarian historian.[21]
- Shula Marks, South African-British expert on African history (Jewish Year Book 2005 p215)
- Ludwig Markus, German expert in Abyssinian and Beta Israeli history.[21]
- Arno J. Mayer, Luxembourg-born American historian.[21]
- Gustav Mayer, German political and social historian.[21]
- Mark Borisovich Mitin, Russian politician and historian.[21]
- Arnaldo Momigliano, Italian-British historian.(Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
- Felice Momigliano, Italian philosopher and historian.[21]
- Simon Sebag Montefiore [20], British historian of Russia.
- Hugh Sebag Montefiore [21], British WW2 historian.
- Richard Brandon Morris, U.S. constitutional historian.[21]
- Louis C. Morton, U.S. historian.[21]
- George Mosse, German-born American historian of ideas.[21]
- Friederich Munzer, German classical scholar.-->
- Gustavus Myers, U.S. social historian.[21]
[edit] N
- Oskar Nachod, German historian and bibliographer.[21]
- Lewis Bernstein Namier, Polish-born British historian.[21]
- Alexander Nove, economic historian (Jewish Year Book 1990 p202)
[edit] O
- Leo Oppenheim,assyriologist.
[edit] P
- Sir Francis Palgrave, British historian.[21]
- Erwin Panofsky, German-born American art historian[23]
- Ilan Pappé, Israeli historian.[21]
- Max Perlbach, German mediaevalist.[21]
- Martin Phillipson, German modern historian and communal leader.[21]
- Koppel S. Pinson, U.S. political and social historian.[21]
- Richard Pipes, Polish-born American historian of Russia.[21]
- Karl Polanyi, economist and historian [22]
- Sidney Pomerantz, U.S. historian.[21]
- Richard Popkin, historian of philosophy [24]
- George Posener, French Egyptologist.[21]
- Sir Michael Postan, British historian. (Jewish Year Book 1985 p188)
- Joshua Prawer, Israeli historian of the kingdom of jerusalem and the crusades.[21]
- Alfred Pribram, Austrian historian and publicist.[21]
- Jacob Psantir, Rumanian historian of the Jews.[21]
[edit] R
- Theodore Rabb, U.S. historian of modern history.[25]
- Armin Rappaport, U.S. historian.[25]
- Sidney Ratner, U.S. economic historian.[25]
- Ludwig Riess, German constitutional historian.[25]
- Samuele Romanin, Italian historian of classical Rome and Judaism.[25]
- Nello Roselli, Italian historian.[25]
- Arthur Rosenberg, German historian and Zionist.[25]
- Cecil Roth [23], British historian and editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica
[edit] S
- Adam Sandler, A jewish comedian. -->
- Julius Salomon, Danish historian and archivist.[25]
- Simon Schama [24], British historian
- J. Salwyn Schapiro, American historian of modern Europe.[25]
- Leonard Schapiro [26], historian
- Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian[27]
- Moses Schorr, historian of Polish Jews
- Debra Schultz, American feminist historian
- Yossi Schwartz, The Origins of The Jews Y&R Gitam = CEO
- Simon Sebag Montefiore, British historian specialising in Russia
- Tom Segev, Israeli historian.
- Arturo Segre, Italian political and commercial historian.[25]
- Bernard Semmel, U.S. historian.[25]
- Joseph Shulim, U.S. historian.[25]
- Bernhard von Simson, German mediaevalist.[25]
- Paul Simson, German historian.[25]
- Charles Singer, British historian of science and medicine.[25]
- Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, American assyriologist and archeologist.
- Louis Snyder, U.S. historian.[25]
- Arthur Stein, Austrian historian of classical rome.[25]
- Sir Aurel Stein [25], archeologist
- Henri Stein, French bibliographer and historian.[25]
- Samuel Steinherz, Czechoslovakian mediaevalist.[25]
- Alfred Stern, Swiss social historian.[25]
- Barry Supple, British economic historian (Jewish Year Book, 2005, p.215)
- Steve the Jew, a jewish historian whos grandparents were part of the Holocaust
[edit] T
- Jacob Talmon, Israeli political and social historian.[25]
- Frank Tannenbaum, U.S. economic historian.[25]
- Rosa Levin Toubin, Jewish Texan historian.[25]
- Hans Trefousse, U.S. historian.[25]
- Barbara Tuchman, U.S. journalist and historian.[25][28]
[edit] U
- Irwin Unger, U.S. political and social historian.[25]
[edit] V
- Geza Vermes [26], Hungarian-born British historian.
[edit] W
- Bernard Weisberger, U.S. historian.[25]
- Eduard Wertheimer, Hungarian historian of the 19th century.[25]
- Helene Wieruszowski, German-U.S. historian.[25]
- Bertram Wolfe, U.S. Soviet historian.[25]
- Leonard Woolf, British historian of economics.[25]
[edit] Z
- Oscar Zeichner, U.S. historian.[25]
- Alfred Zimmern, British political scientist and authority on International Relations.[25]
- Howard Zinn, American historian[29]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah (EJL)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Adler, Cyrus
- ^ [1] "her father, Geoffrey Alderman, is a columnist for the Jewish Chronicle, and her family are strict Orthodox Jews" Accessed 3 Jan 2007
- ^ [2] "And I'm Jewish. I was about to go to Command and General Staff School and be promoted..." (subscription needed to view full text)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Bentwich
- ^ http://www2.trincoll.edu/~mendele/ytf/ytf02006.htm
- ^ j. - celebrity jews
- ^ [3] "Cantor, himself Jewish, took on the "ruling circles of the American and Israeli Jewish communities"."
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah (EJL)
- ^ [4] "later known as Ariel (1898-1981), a Russian Jewish immigrant and talented student..."
- ^ http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/ettinghausenr.htm, "Both a Jew and an avid Islamicist"
- ^ Jewish Chronicle obituary, June 25 1993, p.15
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed.
- ^ Hooked On American Jewish History
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "He was buried in Golders Green Jewish cemetery"
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. Hilberg, Raul
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa (EJL)
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "son of Jewish parents"
- ^ [5] "He is Jewish, a native of London, in his 80s."
- ^ [6] "Lipstadt, the American Jewish academic who exposes Holocaust deniers ..."
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad (EJL)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Magnus"
- ^ [7] "Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968), another Jewish scholar associated with the Warburg Library, was the most illustrious art historian who found refuge in America." (subscription needed to view)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Philosophy"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag (EJL)
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Glasgow of an anglophile Riga Jewish family"
- ^ [8] "An archetypal Jewish immigrant"
- ^ [9] "American Jewish historian Barbara Tuchman was born in New York City"
- ^ [10] ""The Corporation," the lineup was a quartet of four Jewish left intellectuals, including Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn..."
